Explore Forgivable through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like excusable or venial. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Forgivable in a sentence
Forgivable meaning
- Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
- Of a loan, or a portion of it: such that repayment may be deferred for a period, or canceled, by the lender, if the borrower meets certain obligations.
Using Forgivable
- The main meaning on this page is: Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness. | Of a loan, or a portion of it: such that repayment may be deferred for a period, or canceled, by the lender, if the borrower meets certain obligations.
- Useful related words include: excusable, venial, pardonable.
- In the example corpus, forgivable often appears in combinations such as: forgivable loans, forgivable loan, the forgivable.
Context around Forgivable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Forgivable
- In this selection, "forgivable" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, less, offers, provide, loans, loan and mistake stand out and add context to how "forgivable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a more forgivable crime since and a second forgivable ppp loan. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "forgivable" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with forgivable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Is that even a forgivable offense? (6 words)
Forgivable loans to small businesses were intended to help avert bankruptcies and layoffs. (13 words)
Initially, Congress authorized up to $349 billion in forgivable loans as part of the program. (15 words)
Sadly, one of his oft-repeated tendencies is as tired as time immemorial: a protagonist motivated by a dead wife is a more forgivable crime since it's the product of a first-time director from the early 2000s, yet the pattern stubbornly persisted. (44 words)
To draw more practitioners to areas where the shortage is particularly acute, Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault said Ottawa is offering a 50 per cent increase in forgivable loans for doctors and nurses who work in rural and remote communities. (39 words)
Characterizing the US Small Business Administration’s Payroll Protection Program (PPP) as a critical lifeline for Hawai‘i’s small businesses, the governor said SBA is taking applications for a second round of forgivable loans. (35 words)
Is that even a forgivable offense? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Housing Trust Fund is a mixture of both forgivable and repaid loans, typically depending on whether the applicant is a non-profit or for-profit.
If your head is now spinning, Cassuto calls it a “forgivable mistake,” though he says that we should still learn exceptions to grammar rules.
Initially, Congress authorized up to $349 billion in forgivable loans as part of the program.
Losing to the Red Wings at home the day after Thanksgiving could be a forgivable blip.
Now one confessed it's completely normal (and forgivable) to indulge over the festive season.
There are also truly awful kids' movies out there to be sure, and if anything they seem more cynical and less forgivable than bad movies aimed at grown-ups.
Connecticut’s Time to Own program, which is designed to encourage homeownership, offers forgivable loans to qualifying first-time homebuyers in the state.
Harris also wants to provide forgivable loans worth up to $20,000 each to 1 million small businesses.
It’s forgivable, with 10% forgiven each year until it is fully forgiven after 10 years.
Pictured during the forgivable loan presentation are Paul and Sheryl Combs, Bryan Development representative Mike Sheeran, and Bryan Area Foundation President/CEO Amy Miller.
Sadly, one of his oft-repeated tendencies is as tired as time immemorial: a protagonist motivated by a dead wife is a more forgivable crime since it's the product of a first-time director from the early 2000s, yet the pattern stubbornly persisted.
The Chromebook Plus 15.6-inch's low price point is evident in its plastic construction and crappy speaker quality, but we consider those pretty forgivable sins for 500 clams.
The latter provides forgivable loans to people interested in rehabilitating foreclosed homes they plan to live in.
To draw more practitioners to areas where the shortage is particularly acute, Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault said Ottawa is offering a 50 per cent increase in forgivable loans for doctors and nurses who work in rural and remote communities.
A loan that is forgivable is unconventional to say the least, because a loan is normally defined as an amount borrowed that is expected to be paid back with interest.
Characterizing the US Small Business Administration’s Payroll Protection Program (PPP) as a critical lifeline for Hawai‘i’s small businesses, the governor said SBA is taking applications for a second round of forgivable loans.
Forgivable loans to small businesses were intended to help avert bankruptcies and layoffs.
I am encouraged that Congress is nearing an agreement to allow the hardest-hit small businesses to receive a second forgivable PPP loan.
In some cases, Evanston businesses find spending the forgivable loan more difficult than qualifying for it.
Is that even a forgivable offense?
Common combinations with forgivable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- forgivable loans 13×
- forgivable loan 6×
- the forgivable 4×
- it forgivable 3×
- in forgivable 3×
- and forgivable 3×
- offers forgivable 3×
- more forgivable 3×
- of forgivable 3×
- be forgivable 2×