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Example Sentences

But—and I forbear to lead up to it artistically—I dissever myself from your chariot wheels.

And thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger.

Georgie could not forbear a smile, while Lucy burst into inextinguishable peals of silvery laughter.

Can they stand still when everything is in motion, when everything is stirring, and forbear running whither every one runs?

Nor can any right-minded man forbear his tribute to the good which Socialistic agitation has done.

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On this page you'll find 79 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to forbear, such as: abstain, avoid, bridle, cease, curb, and decline.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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