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Example sentences for "foregoes"

Lexicographically close words:
forefront; foregather; foregathered; foregathering; forego; foregoing; foregone; foreground; foregrounds; forehand
  1. Who foregoes My cup of witchcraft--fault be on the fool!

  2. Some gain by opposition, he foregoes Should he unfetter the medicament.

  3. But fix'd unalterable Care Foregoes not what she feels within, Shows the same sadness everywhere, And slights the season and the scene.

  4. Methinks the spirit's temper grows Too soft in this still air; Somewhat the restful heart foregoes Of needed watch and prayer.

  5. Swell harshly on the Southern winds which melt along our sky; Yet, not one brown, hard hand foregoes its honest labor here, No hewer of our mountain oaks suspends his axe in fear.

  6. For this abstinence he has a right to claim a reward, precisely as the man has a right to claim a reward who foregoes working for himself in order to work for another.

  7. LVIII Right sure he is to die; if he forego The lady, he foregoes his life no less.

  8. Well knows he to what pass, what evil mart That lord is brought; how often sighs in vain, Whoe'er foregoes the sceptre which he swayed, And to barbarians hath recourse for aid.

  9. He foregoes his right to purchase now a quantity of consumers' goods in consideration of the prospect of purchasing a larger quantity of such things in the future.

  10. He foregoes the purchase of land and farm stock, or at least delays it, and delay is loss where profit is perennial.

  11. The man who sees uncertainty and fluctuation in the market, and expects them to give him bargains in time, foregoes income for a time, and holds his money.

  12. The man who, in a given state of the market, is afraid to lend, or afraid to invest, foregoes the income which lending and investing promise, and holds his money.

  13. The man who has investments of whose future he is uncertain, and who fears to try any other investment for a time, sells what he has, foregoes income, and holds his money.

  14. Resigned To sad necessity the cock foregoes His wonted strut, and, wading at their head With well-considered steps, seems to resent His altered gait, and stateliness retrenched.

  15. But foolish man foregoes his proper bliss, Even as his first progenitor, and quits, Though placed in paradise, for earth has still Some traces of her youthful beauty left, Substantial happiness for transient joy.

  16. Love requires the sound body, the clear mind, the strong will, the sensitive heart, and foregoes all indulgences that impair these things, though in themselves innocent as eating and drinking.

  17. But fix'd unalterable Care Foregoes not what she feels within, Shows the same sadness every where, And slights the season and the scene.

  18. Sorrow foregoes its nature there, And life assumes a tranquil air, Divested of its woes; There sovereign goodness soothes the breast, Till then incapable of rest, In sacred sure repose.

  19. The secondary characteristic of a hopeful pursuit of heaven is courage, the adventurous spirit which foregoes ease and comfort for the sake of higher things, despising the danger and difficulty.

  20. This vice is rarer than its opposite, and it must not be confused with austerity, which for the sake of a spiritual good foregoes some lawful but unnecessary sensible enjoyment.


  21. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "foregoes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.