The Finishing School — surely forgivable from a writer of Spark's advanced seniority — seems not quite finished. From Wordnik.com. [The Prime of Ms. Muriel Spark] Reference
So it's kind of forgivable because it's not with malicious intent, it's just out of ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2007] Reference
This aspect of Obama's speech is least forgivable. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Koehler: Saving Obama] Reference
I'm not convinced it really is entirely forgivable. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Fridkis: Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Might Be Excusable] Reference
It's not that I think that what I did was forgivable. From Wordnik.com. [overtaken Diary Entry] Reference
All of this was perhaps forgivable -- until recently. From Wordnik.com. [Jared Seeger: Very Smart Growth] Reference
All forgivable, except that she now lives with Mother. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
A forgivable disappointment, given that it was fiction. From Wordnik.com. [K. Emily Bond: Jolie, Even in Blackface?] Reference
By the standards I dealt with, his sins were forgivable. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
But it was an understandable, and forgivable, ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [Lawrence Lessig: The Solipsist and the Internet (a Review of Helprin's Digital Barbarism)] Reference
This doesn't make Kelly more forgivable, just believable. From Wordnik.com. [AN OUTLAW DOWN UNDER] Reference
It would have been forgivable if a little ugly in January. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Clinton To Campaigns: Stop Telling Each Other's Staffers To Resign, Already!] Reference
Human frailty seems to get more forgivable as we get older. From Wordnik.com. [A lifetime on the hips: A little extra weight no bad thing for seniors] Reference
The occasional Hollywood crackup used to be more forgivable. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome Home, Mischa] Reference
The first is forgivable, but the second is of much deeper concern. From Wordnik.com. [Haroon Moghul: What Does China Have to Do with Islam and Democracy?] Reference
Even less forgivable are novelists who succumb to narrative sprawl. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Overstay Your Welcome In My Mind] Reference
It was not the sermon: he is quite a forgivable good man in his way. From Wordnik.com. [An Englishwoman's Love-Letters] Reference
We know that there are forgivable sins in marriage, we know that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 30, 2005] Reference
KING: Does that make thing then forgivable since others are doing it?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2007] Reference
All forgivable, I guess, except that, well, he still lives with Mother. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
This sort of compromise is an impulse forgivable in humans, but not in art. From Wordnik.com. [Pavement Grows Old, May Wear Trousers Rolled] Reference
However, their forgivable shortcomings are compensated for with genuine charm. From Wordnik.com. [Take That, Arthur Avenue! Riverdale Garden Grows in Bronx] Reference
A master, such as Dickens, is forgivable, but in the novice it is unpardonable. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
And for making my own wedding look so tiny, modest, and forgivable in comparison. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Fridkis: Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Might Be Excusable] Reference
And even if that were forgivable, there was the other thing — Elise was married. From Wordnik.com. [Ricochet]
Less forgivable is the way political portfolio construction misunderstands markets. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Bet On the President] Reference
That doesn't make it forgivable; it only makes its manifestation especially vicious. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With Tribes] Reference
After the Soviet collapse, Washington found Pakistan's nuke program less forgivable. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Asghar: A Primer on Pakistan: Why It Matters] Reference
In a way that was forgivable because the intelligence community thought they existed. From Wordnik.com. [Nathan Gardels: Fukuyama: Iraq Shows There Are No Short Cuts To "The End of History"] Reference
The only way the nonsense Mr Evans spews would be forgivable is if it is, in fact, satire. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
Nobody is perfect, no doubt about it, but some imperfections seem more forgivable than others. From Wordnik.com. [Shirin Sadeghi: Poland and Polanski: Chemical Castration in the News] Reference
For the rest, there is a possible explanation of his behaviour which renders it more forgivable. From Wordnik.com. [Surprised by Joy]
Clif Bar, makers of energy bars, give forgivable loans if you buy a car that gets at least 40 mpg. From Wordnik.com. [Workplace incentives for fuel-efficient cars] Reference
So maybe McCain picks Barbour and lets the media bring up these very minor and forgivable moments. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Ingram: McCain's Veepstakes Dilemma] Reference
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