- present participle of forgive.
forgiving
Example Sentences
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Apples are at least somewhat forgiving – the harvest window for those Granny Smiths is three weeks long, says Carter.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The galette, which is essentially a freeform pie, is already one of the great weeknight forms — sweet or savory, rustic by design, deeply forgiving.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
But critics say there is a difference between forgiving Galliano’s words and throwing a glamorous party in his honor—which also would fall at the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah in Hebrew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Courts are sometimes more forgiving of burdens on speech when the real focus of a law is conduct, and when any restriction on speech is minor and incidental.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
I went further than forgiving the clerk, I accepted her as a fellow victim of the same puppeteer.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
