forbear
verb (used with object)
to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
had been forbearing
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past perfect progressiveof forbear.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He reproached the whites with the violation of their treaty obligations, and declared that the Indians had been forbearing in the extreme under the wrongs which had been inflicted upon them.
From Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
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