How do you use Forbear in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like refrain or forebear, plus the exact meaning.
Forbear in a sentence
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Forbear meaning
- To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
- To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
Using Forbear
- The main meaning on this page is: To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from. | To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. | To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
- Useful related words include: refrain, forebear, ancestor, ascendant.
- In the example corpus, forbear often appears in combinations such as: to forbear, forbear to.
Context around Forbear
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Forbear
- In this selection, "forbear" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sarah, sun, cannot, told, gustav and nor stand out and add context to how "forbear" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cannot however forbear to comment and do or forbear because it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "forbear" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with forbear
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yet I cannot forbear recurring to it personally, so deep is the impression it makes in my mind. (18 words)
Dick Deadeye warns them to "forbear, nor carry out the scheme", but the joyous ship's company ignores him. (19 words)
Leah's mother, Sarah Forbear, told the inquest her daughter had been excited at the prospect of seeing her friends. (20 words)
I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride. (43 words)
He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right. (40 words)
The king, whose forbear Gustav III founded the Swedish Academy in 1786, announced the rare employment of his royal powers in a statement released by the Royal Court. (28 words)
Example sentences (10)
Our word “patient”, as it is used in our verse, means: “to be long spirited”, or “to forbear or longsuffering” or “long tempered”.
The forbear of the Shrewsbury Biscuit is the Shrewsbury Cake, about which records exist from as far back as the 17 century.
Leah's mother, Sarah Forbear, told the inquest her daughter had been excited at the prospect of seeing her friends.
The king, whose forbear Gustav III founded the Swedish Academy in 1786, announced the rare employment of his royal powers in a statement released by the Royal Court.
Dick Deadeye warns them to "forbear, nor carry out the scheme", but the joyous ship's company ignores him.
He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right.
I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine; But God, who call'd me here below, Will be forever mine.
The underlying connotation of shinobi (忍) means "to steal away; to hide" and — by extension — "to forbear", hence its association with stealth and invisibility.
Yet I cannot forbear recurring to it personally, so deep is the impression it makes in my mind.
Common combinations with forbear
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to forbear 3×
- forbear to 2×