forbear
verb (used with object)
to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
have been forbearing
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present perfect progressiveof forbear.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Until yesterday the people of Paris have been forbearing with such German subjects as are in the city.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Eric Fisher Wood
Do you think I am a child because I have been forbearing?
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by William Heysham Overend
I have been forbearing, but even in my zeal for friendship I will not be called 'serpent.'
From The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men by Sir Max Beerbohm
