forbear
verb (used with object)
to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
am forbearing
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present progressiveof forbear (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am forbearing now as I sit up here in my chamber alone, crowded in among my books and the wind is wild upon the water.
From Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. by Jennie (Drinkwater) Conklin Maria
Jacopo," said he, peremptorily, "I am forbearing if anybody places confidence in me; irreconcilable if any one seeks to deceive me.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Jules Lermina
And you know that I am forbearing with you, and that my arm is never raised against any of your kind.
From The Man Who Was Afraid by Herman Bernstein
