But I do know that I used the word 'forbore' for the first time the other day and I'm 80% or more through!. From Wordnik.com. [:Acquired Taste] Reference
The simple word fell on her heart, and she forbore. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
But I forbore to take refuge under a neighbor's roof. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
And he forbore, and slew them not with their brethren. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
With the usual Police restraint they forbore to shoot. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
Her interlocutor writhed, but cannily forbore argument. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
The preacher forbore to try further argument or persuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'] Reference
Lord Chetwynde forbore to question her about those troubles. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
De Windt shook his head, but forbore to utter his incredulity. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Thornly forbore to laugh, and he searched the frank face near him. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
He bowed his head in a misery so abject that Mata forbore to jibe. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
Out of deference to your youth and other things, I forbore to indulge. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
As for his friends, Silvey, after a few caustic remarks, forbore comment. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
For a long time Maitland did not speak, and I forbore to break the silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
And until he spoke, the lads of the little patrol forbore to utter a sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol] Reference
She wisely forbore to bring about that horrible, transcendent calamity, but. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Old Man] Reference
The baron forbore his wit, and the good Cause was spared my feeble advocacy. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
They would accept no money for the meal, however, and I forbore to press them. From Wordnik.com. [The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions] Reference
Henriette discreetly forbore to say anything further on the subject of dispute. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
"'I would hate that death bandaged my eyes and forbore and bade me creep past!'". From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
And, though Lucile was dying to hear more, she wisely forbore to press the point. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
I respected her, and forbore to excite that painful fear to which she was subject. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
"I don't agree with you," said Amy, and they wisely forbore to pursue the subject. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained] Reference
Denny forbore to ask him what It did, how It worked, what the devil It was, anyway. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
The dwarf, now sunk in Lethe's mud, did snore; knowing the sign, the minstrel then forbore. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870] Reference
At these words Scheherazade, perceiving day, gave the sultan notice of it, and forbore speaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
Still he forbore to qualify his manner, save with a latent smile that further exasperated the girl. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Accordingly, I forbore the mess and made free with the rice, seasoning it well with salt and peppers. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
I much regretted this unwise step, but forbore all criticism, and told them we would hope for the best. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
"Never more serious in my life," he replied, with such unusual gravity that Darrell forbore to question further. From Wordnik.com. [At the Time Appointed] Reference
Persis, always moved to magnanimity by triumph, forbore to emphasize her victory by obtruding on her brother's reserve. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
With singular perversity, in the midst of reasonable abundance, he forbore to accept the full measure of his privileges. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
Mr. Meredith, we are now quits; you saved my life when you encountered Colonel Bludyer; I forbore from taking yours when. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
'Ye had ended it long ago, or been ended,' said the king, 'except for the nobleness of Sir Lancelot that forbore to slay you.'. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
The narrator, a well-meaning gossip, left the presbytery in consternation, and forbore from further repetition of what was to her a. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
They forbore, therefore, and went aside, and declared that it was their will to essay the sword again at the high feast of Pentecost. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Sprengel states that, after the time of Thessalus, the doctors of Rome forbore to take their pupils with them on professional visits. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
But she forbore to say anything about it at the time, and went on beside her chum toward the white island, much disturbed in her mind. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
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