forbore

Forasmuch as they hang in my memory by only this one slender thread, I don’t know what they did, except that they forbore to remove me.

Out of delicacy, he forbore to tell her that Boots was no longer exactly male.

She was tempted to drop a sou in one of the basins, but forbore, not feeling quite sure how such humor would appeal to the English.

The German raised his eyebrows, but forbore to elicit further information concerning Jaures' motives.

Crosthwaite Senior frankly recognized the fact, but forbore from giving his son, personally, due credit, avowing that it was bad for discipline to be lavish with praise.