more forgiving

Example Sentences

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While the free skate is more forgiving, the short program has seven specific requirements, including three for jumps.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

But investors are more forgiving of big spending when the core business is humming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

I’d be a little more forgiving and suggest that your response to their gratitude could have been to indicate that you expected them to pay you back.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

After exiting the competition that night, the Forest boss was highly critical of the players who had come into the team but he more forgiving on this occasion.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Yet White was more forgiving of frailty than Hoover was, and he often tried to shield his men from the boss man’s anger.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann