How to Use prohibitive in a Sentence

prohibitive

adjective

• But the lengthy process and the high fees are prohibitive.
  — Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
• Granted, the price wasn’t prohibitive, and maybe that’s not the case in March.
  — Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
• There used to be many of these centers in the state, but the cost to run them was prohibitive, and many closed.
  — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2023
• Even for those who can find a test, the cost can be prohibitive.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, SELF, 19 Jan. 2022
• For many, the local match of the state funds is the prohibitive factor.
  — Dave Altimari and Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2022
• As late as a week ago, Williams was the prohibitive favorite to win the Heisman.
  — Dallas News, 5 Dec. 2022
• Giving up picks in the third and fifth rounds to move up wasn’t too cost prohibitive.
  — azcentral, 30 Apr. 2018
• Some of the frame styles are a bit too mod for my taste, and the price could be considered prohibitive.
  — Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 15 July 2022
• His first thought was to use a billboard (of course), but that proved to be cost-prohibitive.
  — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2020
• Even if the equipment is available, the cost of staffing such a field would be prohibitive.
  — David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
• Or does recharging the battery add a prohibitive amount of time to your trip?
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2023
• Even then, the price is likely to be prohibitive for many.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
• But the owner wants $8,500 a month in rent for the full lot, Gallotto said, and that’s just prohibitive.
  — Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
• The cost of a full time CFO may be cost prohibitive for a growing business.
  — Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, Cincinnati.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• And if nothing prohibitive pops up, the card is printed up and mailed, the audit said.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 6 July 2022
• As many meal kits are over $40, and many of those feed two people or more, don’t take a $$$$ as prohibitive.
  — Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• The costs that come with climbing the world's highest peak can be prohibitive.
  — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 24 Jan. 2022
• More than that, the cost of moving data from cloud to cloud can be prohibitive.
  — Matt Kimball, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• And at this point, like Donna said, Donald Trump is the prohibitive front-runner in the polling.
  — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2023
• In a smaller apartment or room, the size of some bikes may be prohibitive.
  — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 19 Dec. 2020
• But, the cost always has been prohibitive in their eyes.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• Tiz the Law went off as a prohibitive favorite of bettors at 4-5 and won the race going away.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 20 June 2020
• The carrying costs on a large piece of land like that is prohibitive.
  — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018
• There are just over 50 courts in the world, and the prohibitive cost of constructing new courts is a major issue.
  — James Hill, New York Times, 3 June 2023
• The win makes Tlaib the prohibitive favorite for reelection in the fall and was the fourth time in two years the two have faced one another.
  — Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2020
• At the same time, costs are prohibitive for the average Afghan.
  — Vogue, 30 Sep. 2021
• For Kaitlin, who had been living alone since her sons moved out, the cost of staying was prohibitive.
  — Rosie Bradbury, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2022
• The prohibitive cost has been a source of criticism since the drug was approved.
  — Sally C. Pipes, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2020
• However, that number could still be seen as prohibitive to trade.
  — Jesse Pound, CNBC, 9 May 2025
• The Celtics are expected to make changes to their championship-winning roster this summer to cut payroll and attempt to avoid the worst of the NBA’s prohibitive luxury tax penalties.
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 17 May 2025