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Example sentences for: forgive

How can you use “forgive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Please forgive him.
I hope Mr. Brooke will forgive my picking a couple of nits.
Add to this geographical isolation and the difficulties for most of a harsh agricultural existence (where few have the machinery to help in the tiny terraced fields), and you might forgive the islanders if they seemed less than welcoming.
The only remedy is a presidential mea culpa (or rather, since the ones pushing the culpa are not the person who would actually apologize, a tua culpa ). If Clinton admits his affair to the grand jury and the American public, explains that he lied to protect his daughter and wife, and apologizes with sufficient breadth and--this is important--abjectness, then, well, we'll probably forgive him and call off the dogs.
"The profundity of an artist such as we won't see again for some time" (Sarah Kaufman, the Washington Post ). Critics forgive his use of goofy gimmicks--he improvises a dance to his own heartbeat, which is amplified by a device affixed to his chest--focusing instead on the credibility he has given modern dance, having switched from classical ballet in midcareer.