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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

It was she who had remained there at attention; it was she their companion hadn't introduced; it was she he had forborne to face with his fear of incivility.

From The Finer Grain by James, Henry

They had forborne to mention them before, for fear of our refusing to continue the journey. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis

Plutina had forborne any account of this trouble to her lover, lest, by bad blood between the two men, a worse thing befall.

From Heart of the Blue Ridge by Baily, Waldron