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How to use forbear in a sentence

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I cannot forbear observing the philosophical significance of the fact that Autobiography fails to include a photograph of LeWitt himself.
I know that for myself it makes no difference whether I do or forbear those actions which are reckoned excellent.
To show his profound Judgment in the Art of Mendaciloquence, he could not forbear translating it into an Ale-house.
If so, he hasteth not to drink, though he drinks very much when he comes to it, yet he is not hasty to drink, he can forbear for eight dayes together.
Still, I could not forbear asking one more question as he walked away.
If thou forbear not, I will indeed stone thee: Now get away from me for a good long while!
But even he can scarce forbear to cheer the dash of the confederacy's cavalry and the resilience of its infantry.
However, under the Telecommunications Act, the CRTC has the power to forbear from regulating, in whole or in part, particular services.
A fourth licensing reform trend is to eliminate filing requirements because the services fall outside of the regulator's authority or because the regulator has decided to forbear from regulating a particular service.
The CRTC has taken steps to forbear from regulating prices for services offered in some competitive markets, such as long distance, wireless, and some data services.
On December 11, 2006, the Minister of Industry announced a proposal to review and vary the CRTC's April 6, 2006 ruling to revise the framework to determine when to forbear from regulation of retail telephone services.
Equity, however, enters injunctions or decrees directing someone either to act or to forbear from acting.
Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Yet I cannot forbear recurring to it personally, so deep is the impression it makes in my mind.
I cannot, however, forbear to criticise the Council in strong terms for their petty-minded and obstructive approach to negotiation, particularly when set against what they have made known to the world.
The worry here is that Locke holds that the objects of volition are actions or forbearances, so the man would need to be described as willing to forbear from falling.
Was he a forbear of expressive use of colour?
That leaves large parts of the market in limbo, producing enough cash from tenants for owners to stay alive and lenders to forbear but with little prospect of an immediate recovery in values. How long can this last?
On February 3, 2000, the CRTC advised Stratos that it had decided to forbear from the regulation of the Inmarsat mobile satellite services and other wireless services provided by Stratos and its affiliates.
I cannot forbear telling you about an occasion when the expression cost-effective was used by people whom one cannot perhaps imagine using it, namely when I was on a visit to Africa.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Constable Jonathan could not forbear a laugh at the name, and at the idea it suggested.
But there was that in her late employer's manner which caused her to forbear.
Wherefore I do eftsoons intreat and require you to forbear to intermeddle any further.
I forbear to panegyrize the generous donor, whose fame no eulogy of mine can increase, and whose desire of concealment should be a caution not to attempt it.
But my convictions are so pronounced that I cannot forbear the reiteration.
For who can forbear to laugh at the bare idea of an Irish bull?
She could not forbear asking what it was that touched him so much.
Let men agree to differ, and, when they do differ, bear and forbear.
But I forbear to dwell on that rapture, much as it influenced me.
But 'tis the second time I have had special tickets to a show from beneath the bushes, and I cannot forbear my delight.
Only with regret can a writer forbear to moralize on this subject.
Elinor's heart thanked her for such kindness towards Edward, though she could not forbear smiling at the form of it.
I had much ado to defend myself against these detestable animals, and could not forbear starting when they came on my face.
Our friend Waterbrook will excuse me if I forbear to explain myself generally, on account of the magnitude of the interests involved.
Pale and exhausted, her listener at length entreated her to forbear.
I cannot forbear to transcribe what a friend has written to me.
But I forbear to dwell any longer on a matter which has hitherto worn too loose a garb to admit even of an accurate inspection of its real shape or tendency.
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