Prohibition has 4 syllables and the stress is on the third syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket. | |
| 2. | The first prohibition of slavery was in the mid-nineteenth century. | |
| 3. | Prohibition is hereby officially prohibited. | |
| 4. | During the 1920's alcohol prohibition in the United States, whiskey could be obtained legally with a doctor's prescription. | |
| 5. | For a prohibition to be accepted with respect, the reasons for it should be logical and clear. | |
| 6. | Tom climbed over the high wire fence in order to get into the old factory in spite of his father's prohibition. | |
| 7. | However, this prohibition does not apply if you use an air rifle, air pistol, or 22- caliber rimfire firearm for the control of listed birds. | |
| 8. | Prohibition isn't taken seriously by anyone. | |
| 9. | The Volstead Act, better known as the Prohibition, which became the law of the land in 1920, made it a crime to manufacture, sell or transport alcohol. | |
| 10. | Hoover was a dry. Franklin Roosevelt was a wet, and when he won the 1932 presidential election over Hoover, it was only a matter of time before Prohibition was finished. |