How to use forgive in a sentence

Examples of forgive by meaning

More sentences with forgive

• If you own up to breaking the glass, you'll be forgiven.From the entry own up
• I think she will forgive an accidental slip-up, so don’t worry too much about misspeaking.From the entry slip-up
• Forgive me for being presumptive, but aren’t you and Mark engaged?From the entry presumptive
• I was astounded by her magnanimousness: she had clearly forgiven him for everything that had happened.From the entry magnanimousness
• Some saints are believed to have forgiven their martyrizers during fatal torture.From the entry martyrizer
• Lord forgive me, I'm down bad for a white boy again.From the entry down bad
• What he said really hurt my feelings, but his apology sounded so sincere that I couldn't help but forgive him.From the entry apology
• To err is human; to forgive, divine.From the entry human
• If she had any heart she'd forgive me.From the entry heart
• To err is human, to forgive, divine.From the entry err
• She has forgiven him, and taken him back.From the entry take back
• For six years they had taken care of him and loved him—watched over his outgoings and his incomings and forgiven all his absent-mindednesses.From the entry absent-mindedness
• She was willing to forgive his messiness when they married, and pick up after him, but not that he forgot their anniversary.From the entry messiness
• We can forgive the blasterbators; it is possible they know not what they do.2026 August 16, Jemima Kelly, “Can we stop with the public ‘blasterbating’, actually?”, in Financial Times. From the entry blasturbator
• Forgive me, Warframers - I am old, and brighter colours upset me.2025 May 13, Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, “Soulframe keeps growing with new RPG customisation, a dungeon inspired by Blue Prince and a wizard's…. From the entry Warframer
• Jonas couldn’t suppress a smirk as he replied, “Please forgive me, Lady Orchidea.”2025 June 23 [2024], Hisaya Amagishi, translated by A.M. Cola, “Jonas the Bodyguard’s Hot Night”, in Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh…. From the entry orchidea
• Amanda feels strongly that it is necessary "to forgive, but don't forget.2021, Nadine E. Dolby, Constructing Race: Youth, Identity, and Popular Culture in South Africa, page 101. From the entry forgive but don't forget
• Bones and stones, if you can forgive this vulgar formulation, are both holdable and beholdable.2017, Paul Kockelman, The Art of Interpretation in the Age of Computation, page 113. From the entry holdable
• "I don't forgive Lance Armstrong, who lied to me in two interviews.2013 January 19, Paul Harris, “Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession”, in The Guardian. From the entry lambaste
• It took a lot of Rosie and Ernie to forgive their "bad cattitude" kitty.2011, M. R. Wells, Connie Fleishauer, & Dottie Adams, The Cat Lover's Devotional, Harvest House Publishers, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry cattitude
• He threw the man into prison, waiting to repay his formerly forgiven debt.2010, Richard C. Lamb, Jr., The Pursuit of God in the Company of Friends. From the entry unforgive
• Farewell the unspeakable pleasures of ouretic and outlandish, outsoar and oxfordian; forgive my oxyphonia.2009, Ellis Sharp, Macdonald Daly, Dead Iraqis: Selected Short Stories of Ellis Sharp, page 166. From the entry oxyphonia
• If someone you've disemvowelled comes back and behaves, forgive and forget their earlier gaffes.2006 December, Douglas K. van Duyne, James A. Landay, Jason I. Hong, “Community Conference”, in The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating…. From the entry disemvowel
• She forgave him the pain as he filled the cavity in her back molar.2005, Wendy Coakley-Thompson, What You Won't Do for Love, published 2006, →ISBN, page 10. From the entry fill
• Kargh would never forgive nuking a planet in other than defense of the Faith.2004 May, John Dalmas, chapter 43, in The Regiment: A Trilogy (Baen Books Megabook), New York, N.Y.: Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN. From the entry nuke
• Then a year and a half ago mom forgave and forgot.'2002, Jack Womack, Going, Going, Gone, page 73. From the entry forgive and forget
• I'm too tired to forgive any more gray-haired-blow-dried-elected scoundrels trying to sin 'n' spin.26 August 2001, Maureen Dowd, Liberties; My Condit Interview, The New York Times. From the entry redemption fatigue
• I’m also on a major pain-killer (naughty appendix, gone now), so please forgive any non sequituri.1998 June 7, Fedor the Mad, “The definition of “evil””, in alt.religion.wicca.moderated (Usenet). From the entry non sequituri
• He may be forgiven his past and will be absolved in death.1993, Rick Priestley, Andy Chambers, Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook, Second edition, Games Workshop, page 22. From the entry absolve
• Pepper's forgiven me in the quiet, hurt way women sometimes forgive.1993, Tristan Hawkins, Pepper, London: Flamingo, →ISBN, page 108. From the entry routine
• You could be forgiven if your first reaction was the feeling that you weren't in Kansas anymore.1986 April, Gerald Hannon, “Leaving Kansas”, in The Body Politic, number 125, Pink Triangle Press, page 8. From the entry not in Kansas anymore
• It is proper to forgive those who revile us," somewhat like an unmuscular Christian.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 413. From the entry unmuscular

Meaning of forgive

1. verb To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
2. verb To pardon (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
3. verb To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of.

Full definition of forgive

More about forgive

• Meaning of forgive
• Past tense of forgive
• Forgive in Hindi
• Forgive in Tamil
• Forgive in Marathi
• Forgive in Urdu

Questions about forgive in a sentence

How do you use forgive in a sentence?

Forgive is used as a verb. For example: “Please forgive me if my phone goes off - I'm expecting an urgent call from my boss.”

What is a short sentence with forgive?

“Forgive us our trespasses.”

What does forgive mean?

Forgive means to pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.