Forbearing

Word FORBEARING
Character 10
Hyphenation for bear ing
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Definitions and meanings of "Forbearing"

What do we mean by forbearing?

Forbearance; restraint

Putting up with one's parents. Urban Dictionary

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The word "forbearing" in example sentences

Generous, too, he appeared to her, in forbearing to apply to Sir Hugh, without her permission; disinterested, in declaring he did not wish for her hand without her heart: and noble, in not seeking her in a clandestine manner, but referring every thing to ❋ Unknown (1796)

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, Prov. xxv. ❋ Unknown (1721)

15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. ❋ Unknown (1721)

So that each, having only their own private injuries to resent, felt free in forbearing. ❋ Unknown (1888)

I shall not enter into his literary quarrels further than to say that he seems to me, on the whole, to have been forbearing, which is the more striking as he tells us repeatedly that he was naturally vindictive. ❋ James Russell Lowell (1855)

When reading about Patience in the Guide, His Holiness spoke of a man he met in Northern Ireland who had been shot and blinded who, completely without animosity to his assailant, displayed the kind of forbearing patience to which Shantideva refers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, Mr Harvie has taken issue with criticism of himself over his constant use of his Blackberry to update his Twitter page during the evening by Mr Scott, who described the Prime Minister as "forbearing" about the "tweeting", and later by social etiquette guru Peter York who wrote in The Scotsman that Mr Harvie was "guilty of the worst kind of behaviour".

The ban explicitly disallowed "forbearing of labour" and "feasting" on Christmas, and included a fine of five shillings a not-inconsequential sum of money, back then for whomever "shall be found observing any such day as Xmas or the like." ❋ Chris Weigant (2011)

Perhaps this is a forbearing for things to come later this year. ❋ Michelle Kraus (2010)

Over the course of the day: Parent: "[Have you done] your homework?" Child: "Yeah" PArent: "Did you eat a good breakfast?" Child: "Yeah" Parent: "Now don't be late home from school!" Child: "Nah" Parent: "Is [the Math] test today?" Child: "Dunno" Parent: "Well I hope you've done enough [studay] to get a good grade!" Child: "Maybe" The child showed remarkable forbearance. ❋ Dunners_boi (2010)

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