Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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 Wood, Eric Fisher

Do you think I am a child because I have been forbearing?

From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham

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 Beerbohm, Max, Sir