Example Sentences

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Fans fill the seats, cheer forgivingly for the players, and spend mightily on their memorabilia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022

His wife’s role is to comment sarcastically yet forgivingly about her husband’s foibles.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2022

At the heart of the problem is a lie — or call it, more forgivingly, a convenient fiction.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021

To me, the most poignant song is the opener “Glenfern,” which takes stock of Edwards’ past with a snapshot intimacy and a tone that is never regretful or overly nostalgic, but instead so forgivingly warm:

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2020

Then melting a little, as people do who have been over-stiff—'Have you seen George lately? how is he?' said Dolly, more forgivingly.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss