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 Gordy, Wilbur Fisk

They were forbearing, because they were fond of the name of Englishmen.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various

The Eustace people were forbearing, and hoped the best.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony

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 Barnes, William Horatio