forborne
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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At Berlin General von Cramon scored the French for bombarding Damascus; told how Feldmarschall von der Goltz had forborne to shell Antwerp Cathedral during the obliterating German bombardments of Rheims, Verdun, Amiens, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
New York's Mayor Lindsay has wisely forborne forcing the issue with protesters harmlessly occupying a state building site in Harlem.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had forborne, hoping others would forbear, and they had not.
From Time Magazine Archive
We see what is done; we cannot see what is forborne.
From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Hall, Edward B.
She is persuaded that something must be annually forborne, in order to make her peace.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah
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