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View synonyms for forbore
forbore
[ fawr-bawr, -bohr ]
forbore
/ fɔːˈbɔː /
verb
- the past tense of forbear 1
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Example Sentences
Forasmuch as they hang in my memory by only this one slender thread, I don’t know what they did, except that they forbore to remove me.
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Out of delicacy, he forbore to tell her that Boots was no longer exactly male.
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She was tempted to drop a sou in one of the basins, but forbore, not feeling quite sure how such humor would appeal to the English.
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The German raised his eyebrows, but forbore to elicit further information concerning Jaures' motives.
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Crosthwaite Senior frankly recognized the fact, but forbore from giving his son, personally, due credit, avowing that it was bad for discipline to be lavish with praise.
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