Looking for sentences and phrases with the word forbore? Here are some examples.
Sentence Examples
Sidroc's anger now was only a small part of what he bore for Toki, and the reasons he forbore from killing him must be equally deep and old.
And the threat of home-grown crisis appeared to recede when Republicans in the House forbore to use the threat of default to extract spending cuts.
Reviewers, realising that it was the swan-song of a sick man, forbore to draw attention to its faults. Away from his desk, his passion was music, especially opera.
The Commission determined in New Media that it had jurisdiction to regulate broadcast content delivered by the Internet, but then forbore from regulating this content.
Moses forbore to speak of angels, and things invisible, and incorporate.
He carefully forbore any mention of her name for fear of upsetting them.
Examples from Classical Literature
The water rat, like the good little fellow he was, sculled steadily on and forbore to disturb him.
As it was, he half suspected the truth, and forbore to question Jamie further.
On the same evening I returned to Newnan, where my friends were so overjoyed at my safe return that they forbore to upbraid.
Vargrave forbore to mention what the meditated investment was.
De Windt shook his head, but forbore to utter his incredulity.
I closed my eyes in absolute fear, and forbore further inquiry.
I forbore to ask my brother whether he had been to old Rome.
Jasper moved about among them alone, but I forbore to join him.
He bowed his head in a misery so abject that Mata forbore to jibe.
So said he, and forbore not glance or toy Of amorous intent, well understood Of EVE, whose Eye darted contagious Fire.
I pressed it, and, satisfied with the discovery, forbore to upraise the sash.
Her prudent mother, occupied by the same ideas, forbore to invite him to sit by herself.
So I forbore to predict what would be his ultimate form of beauty.
How I longed to kick, if it were but my toe at them, and I forbore!
He forbore touching that mystery out of love, timidity, and indolence.
Marianne was going to retort, but she remembered her promises, and forbore.
Quite despairing of making my mind clear to Wemmick on this point, I forbore to try.
And, for the same reason, you generously forbore to tell me that you were no more in love with me than with the man in the moon.
So I judged, at all events, from the fact that he forbore to bluster, and sat quite still, with his head in his hands, saying never a word for what seemed several minutes.
