forewent
1 Americanverb
verb
verb
Example Sentences
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While Hopkins and many of her generation forewent having children, she notes that women today show up for job interviews pregnant, take family leave and still get tenure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
But last month, after Thiessen’s stepmother and father, who are in their 70s, came down with covid, Thiessen, his wife and their children, ages 7 and 9, forewent testing.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2022
But the Seahawks felt confident enough in Eskridge that they forewent their usual strategy of trading down for more picks.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
I’d read birth stories, for instance, from women who forewent the epidural and bragged that their children were consequently “so aware” and scored “perfect 10′s” on the Apgar.
From Salon ● May 7, 2013
Dead are Abdulmelik and those who forewent him, and Omar also will die, and those who come after him.'
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by John Payne
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