Hitherto I have forborne to speak with you upon the most important of all concerns, the state of your heart:-alas, I need no information!
I am thankful that he has forborne to probe my wound; and I will endeavour to heal it by the consciousness that I have not deserved the indignity I have received.
Pope vowed he had erred in the opposite direction, and had forborne to praise Lord Lansdowne up to the height of his deserts out of deference to his modesty.
In the passage from his manuscript preface, he intimates that he would have amused himself by writing poetry, but would have forborne to publish what he wrote.
Of this tenderness shown to Milton the curiosity of mankind has notforborne to inquire the reason.
Considering it of much importance (he says) that the report, whatever it might be, should go forth under our joint signatures, I have forborne to press some of the points which it involves as far as otherwise I might have done.
On one of those ugly nights, which we have faintly hinted at, but forborne to picture forth, the minister started from his chair.
He had known the outlaw at once; but had forborne to show it, scarce dreaming that Robin also had pierced Will's disguise.
Nay, nay, I think the evidence points very strongly against Fitzooth; yet since he is your nephew I have forborne to press my charge against him.
Of all that which a President might constitutionally and justifiably do in such a case, everything was forbornewithout which it was believed possible to keep the Government on foot.
I have so far forbornemaking nominations to fill these vacancies for reasons which I will now state.
In this unusual agitation we haveforborne from taking part in any controversy between foreign states and between parties or factions in such states.
I that live in the shelter of these woods by sufferance merely--an unmolested outlaw, to speak soberly, whom these fanatics of liberty have forborne for the sake of past acquaintance and present peaceful habits?
I have forborne to do that, until, by the sanction of a verdict of my comrades, I might assure myself that I acted on the clearest proofs.
Camilla, distressed, hung her head, and would have forbornemaking any answer.
In this unusual agitation we have forborne from taking part in any controversy between foreign States, and between parties or factions in such States.
It would perhaps add astonishment to his regret were he to learn that since I have found professed Union men endeavouring to answer that question, I have purposely forborne any public expression upon it.
She wishes to go with me to Petersburg; she has forborne to make this offer directly to me; but I know it from her last letter to her mother, which now lies before me.
I have forborne to mention Olivia's name: but now that I have obviated, I hope by reasoning, the imputation of partiality, I may observe that all my arguments are strongly in her favour.
And further, all public assemblies at other burials are to be forborne during the continuance of this visitation.
Mr. Bragwell had this day forborne to ask any of his usual company, well knowing that their vain and worldly conversation would only serve to draw on him some new reprimand from his friend.
But if after he had gotten it, he had survived, and not forborne those expences, he would quite have ruined that Empire.
Shall I be less the creature of social scorn, because I have yielded my ambition--because I have forborne the employment of those glorious gifts which Heaven in its bounty has allotted me?
If I have forborne to see you, it was not from an angry feeling, but from a reluctant weakness.
In reply to this letter, Mr. Temple told his friend and master what had delayed his marriage, and why he had hitherto forborne to trouble him on the subject.
The wishes of many, to whom he had forborne to give any encouragement, he now unexpectedly fulfilled and surpassed.
O how soon has their fire gone out; has their lamps forborneto burn!
Nor yet is THAT despised but forborne for want of light.
You have given me the description of a person of some pretensions to gentility," I remarked, "yet from the first you have forborne to speak of her as a lady.
Being in the confessional, I have not forborne to tell the worst of myself; I will not, therefore, hesitate to tell the best.
I had hitherto forborne to write from a perplexity of different plans.
At first her letters abounded with eulogiums on her husband, but the subject afterward began to cool with her, and she had lately forborne even to mention his name.
This passage exhibits one of those triplets which are not unfrequent in this first essay, but which it is to be supposed his maturer judgment disapproved, since, in his latter works, he has totally forborne them.
Of this tenderness shown to Milton, the curiosity of mankind has not forborne to inquire the reason.
Well was it for her that she had tried to repress her hopes, and had forborne to rush down at her first impulse.
The squire said it to good intent, weening unto him to have been more forborne for Sir Aglovale's sake than if he had said he had served the queen, Aglovale's mother.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forborne" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
