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Examples of forbidden fruit in a Sentence
For dieters, dessert becomes a forbidden fruit.
Recent Examples on the Web
Tanned bodies queued up cheek to cheek for the ATM, or examined bins of bio cucumbers and cantaloupe, their own forbidden fruit hovering inches away.
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Eviana Hartman, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2023
Was an apple really the 'forbidden fruit' in the Garden of Eden?
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Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Sep. 2022
Today both models cost about the same, averaging around $48,000, but prices continue to climb; a few years ago a great-condition R32 cost less than $30K. R34s, which will hit the magic 25-year mark in 2024, largely remain forbidden fruit.
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Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 10 Nov. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
from the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3:2–19
First Known Use
1605, in the meaning defined above
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“Forbidden fruit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forbidden%20fruit. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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