FORGIVE in a Sentence

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194 example sentences for FORGIVE, such as:

1. To forgive is not to forget.
2. To err is human, to forgive, divine.
3. I can't forgive that type of behaviour.
4. Do forgive me for saying that about Wade.
5. I'm not asking you to understand or forgive.

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 Meanings and Examples of FORGIVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
forgive
 v.  give wholly; cease to feel resentment against; excuse for a fault or an offense; give up; resign
Classic Sentence: (169 in 12 pages)
1  You could make him apologize for being a cur and forgive him so sweetly that he would hang around trying to kiss you a second time.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  Yes, the ladies felt they could forgive and forget a great many things for such a brave man.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  Do forgive me for saying that about Wade.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  You must forgive me for what I said yesterday, for you're--all I've got now.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
5  Don't you ever come back here with any of your piddling papers of pins and ribbons, thinking I'll forgive you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  She would forgive him anything if he got them out of this mess.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  I'm not asking you to understand or forgive.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
8  I don't give a damn whether you do either, for I shall never understand or forgive myself for this idiocy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  She hoped God would forgive her for hurting a tired animal.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  But she knew, too, looking with confusion at the friendly faces about her, that if she withheld the news of Ellen's death, the Fontaines would never forgive her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  I used to have a lot of money, if you'll forgive me mentioning it, but right now all I own is my horse and the clothes I've got on.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
12  You see, I never expected you to forgive me for my patriotic conduct that night on the road near Rough and Ready.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
13  I still think you were hateful that night and I never expect to forgive you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
14  Coming out to the carriage block they greeted her in accents that always made her feel that one could forgive Yankees almost anything except their voices.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
15  And Atlanta is never going to forgive you for that.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
Example Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  When he scored his fourth goal of the afternoon, we were forced to forgive his showboating and other antics.
2  To forgive is not to forget, nor remit, but let it go; to be lonely is not because you have no friends, but no one is living in your heart.
3  Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
4  I can't forgive that type of behaviour.
5  Hopefully she'll understand and forgive you, if she really loves you.
6  To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge.
7  Today, forget your past, forgive yourself and begin again.
8  The thorough revenge is to forgive and forget.
9  To forgive is not to forget.
10  If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him.
11  To err is human, to forgive, divine.
12  Don't hold grudges against people who have hurt you; you should forgive and forget.
13  If you know who I was, maybe you would forgive who I am.
14  To forgive is not to forget, nor remit, but let it go; to be lonely is not becoz u have no friends, but no one is living in ur heart.
15  To forgive is the ultimate grace and is in the best tradition of Jesus who taught to turn the other cheek.