forbear
verb (used with object)
to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
were forbearing
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past progressiveof forbear.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were kind and sweet to Darling; they were forbearing and patient with one another.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
Although such conduct was hard to excuse, the people were forbearing until a great evil fell upon the settlement.
From American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History by Wilbur Fisk Gordy
They were kind, they were forbearing, they were less than we had a right to demand; but in our anxiety, in our desire to close up this question, we made the proposition.
From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes
The Eustace people were forbearing, and hoped the best.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
The clouds were forbearing, and allowed us time afterwards for a visit to the gorgeous garden.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various
