forbear
verb (used with object)
to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
had forborne
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past perfectof forbear.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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At Berlin General von Cramon scored the French for bombarding Damascus; told how Feldmarschall von der Goltz had forborne to shell Antwerp Cathedral during the obliterating German bombardments of Rheims, Verdun, Amiens, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had forborne, hoping others would forbear, and they had not.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Far less difficulty than you'll find here," she might have added, but had forborne....
From A Crooked Mile by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
The more zealous royalists, regarding this assembly as illegal, had forborne to appear at elections; and the other party were returned for most places.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by David Hume
Fearing it might not be relished, I had forborne asking the question.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Mayne Reid
