How to Use inhibition in a Sentence

inhibition

noun
  • She laughed loudly and without inhibition.
  • War had something to do with the Jazz Age’s lack of inhibition.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Soon, sparks fly, and inhibitions go out the window when Lacey dares to take some chances.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Once the sun goes down, the pools switch to clothing optional—so be ready to check your inhibitions at the door.
    — Alex Schechter, National Geographic, 24 June 2019
  • There was this lack of inhibition when I was introduced to the world of acting for the first time.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Shoes and jackets were tossed to the side, and inhibitions melted away.
    — Cynthia Hubert, sacbee.com, 21 May 2017
  • But with the economy now in good shape, there seems to be less inhibition.
    — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The shy and uptight sacrifice their inhibitions for the gift of clear, soft skin.
    — Katheryn Erickson, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2014
  • Practice and a bit of bravery; letting go of all inhibition is the key.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • This inhibition can lead to a reduction in the amount of breast milk produced.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2023
  • At the same time, the inhibition of MELK kinase was not the drug's mechanism of action.
    — Alex Zhavoronkov, Phd, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • In a country led by a swirling void, all sorts of inhibitions slowly slip away.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Oct. 2017
  • That sense of inhibition flies out the window when ordering in a group.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Mr. Gurney, though, had by that time shed many of his own inhibitions as a playwright.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 15 June 2017
  • Gronkowski is known to dance with his shirt off and shotgun beers and carry on with no inhibitions.
    — Rainer Sabin, AL.com, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Your tour’s first stop is at the Fountain of Youth, where you be asked to drop all inhibitions and to remember your childhood.
    — Michelle Gant, Fox News, 19 Apr. 2018
  • There was shame and inhibition, too, at the idea of the people who knew him—his parents above all—having this open access to his private world.
    — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Thanks to a bolt of inspiration or the happy inhibition that comes with tippling, or maybe both, a new idea took shape.
    — Robin Catalano, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Two teenage girls — high on desire and low on inhibition — make a plan to fascinate some men in Erica Schmidt’s play for the New Group.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2017
  • Many of these artists believed that the psychotropic drug freed them from inhibitions and allowed them to take greater creative risks.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2017
  • At the same time, the large amount of mumbling shows that there is still some motor inhibition at play; in other words, the brain is still blocking muscle movement.
    — Nicole Edison, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
  • To teach your puppy bite inhibition, start by never using your hands to play.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021
  • This piece of information is delivered in a nightclub, a Dionysian space where the whole point is to lose your inhibitions.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The youngest sibling of the Jackson family was all grown-up and horned-up now, shedding inhibitions and clothing, too.
    — Chuck Arnold, Billboard, 18 May 2018
  • The youngest sibling of the Jackson family was all grown-up and horned-up now, shedding inhibitions and clothing, too.
    — Chuck Arnold, Billboard, 18 May 2018
  • Places where people, from her point of view, lived without inhibitions.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 July 2023
  • Anyone here can ask for help without any inhibition or fear of being judged.
    — Nitin Gupta, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • This could be a time to release these inhibitions and accept new journeys rather than being stuck in old patterns.
    — Athena Sobhan, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The song soars with their drunken rising spirits, the permission that singing it together gives them to just let go of shame and inhibition.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • Those raising awareness of the Arabic Facebook posts feel no such inhibition.
    — Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025

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