Example Sentences

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Elmira and Hamida are well aware that not everyone around them will be forgiving.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

“More elected officials will realize that people will be forgiving of you if you say something stupid,” McCaskill argues.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018

Its distributor, Vertical Entertainment, is hoping audiences will be forgiving enough to put aside what they have recently learned about Mr. Spacey.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2018

He's riding high from his show winning variety series on Monday, so perhaps he will be forgiving.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2014

"And, Ranald, you, too, will be forgiving him?"

From The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa by Connor, Ralph