How to Use inhibition in a Sentence

inhibition

noun
Definition of inhibitionnext
Synonyms for inhibitionnext
  • She laughed loudly and without inhibition.
  • War had something to do with the Jazz Age’s lack of inhibition.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The beach, called Mi Cayito, is 20 miles east of Havana and is another space where many gay Cubans and tourists can be themselves free of inhibitions.
    — Luis Gallo, Slate Magazine, 19 June 2017
  • Of all the problems on Twitter, however, social inhibition does not typically rise to the top of the list.
    — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Men of course do the same thing, though the inhibitions are often lower to begin with and the emotional consequences less extreme.
    — David French, National Review, 15 Sep. 2017
  • People still tell stories of inhibitions cast aside and new lovers taken.
    — The Economist, 27 June 2019
  • Both of my parents inhibited me in some vital way but also gave me this gift and the tools to save myself from that inhibition.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 12 May 2021
  • The sweet fragrance of love's favorite flower fills the air as inhibitions disappear.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Even so, Arthur isn't exactly perfect, and his lifetime of crime has left him with a natural sense for it, or at least no inhibition against it.
    — Daniel Starkey, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2018

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'inhibition.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: