forgive

Example Sentences

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"We owe it to parents, and to the next generation, to put children's safety first - because they won't forgive us if we don't."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Okrent portrays Sondheim as witty and endearing, but also poorly groomed, remote, caustic, quick to anger — and, mostly, quick to forgive.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Though Burton initially felt deep hatred and anger toward the man who killed his wife, by the time he was up for parole, Burton had brought himself to forgive.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Even if another ex-guerrilla, Gustavo Petro, won the presidency in 2022 by leading a broad left-wing coalition, after decades of bloody armed conflict, many Colombians are not ready to forgive and forget.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

The very notion that Jefferson should feel himself the injured party with the moral leverage to forgive her husband was a preposterous presumption.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis