Not a twinkle from the fly, Not a glimmer from the worm; When the crickets stopped their cry, When the owls forebore a term, You heard music; that was I.
I forebore to touch particularly on that, however, for I certainly was not prepared to say that I would take charge of her.
I did think so butforebore to say it, and I softly followed my conductress.
Both sisters were in request to enliven the captive, and Jane forebore to worry him with her own anxieties about the present disgrace of the Whites.
On that same night he watch'd, and foil'd the ruffian, But he forebore to afflict him farther.
She holds most resolute silence--I forebore To question her.
Dodo completed her arrangements in good time, and forebore to make any more frivolous allusions to the service.
He sat down and wrote a note to Mrs. Vivian, saying that he regretted being unable to call on her to-morrow, and purposely forebore to give any reason.
He too was busy with his own thoughts, and forebore to interrupt those of his friend.
It was noteworthy that, although many had firearms, they forebore to use them.
The Prime Minister, taken aback at this display of authority on the part of the heir apparent, wisely forebore to press the matter further, and Hirschholm remained the property of the crown.
Catherine, seeing that her threats were of no avail, forebore from provoking Denmark to the point of open hostilities.
As this would involve a virtual separation, the Princess-Dowager forebore to press the point further.
After Margaret had told me to be hard I watched Tom Spink with an eagle eye, and he must have sensed my attitude, for he carefully foreborefrom overstepping, while all the time he palpitated just on the edge of overstepping.
Even Sundry Buyers, who had drifted aft in his stupidity instead of being for'ard with his own officer, forebore to stare about and to press his abdomen.
He shook his head, and forebore in the act of speaking to lift his hand for me to listen.
Near the Ouzel Galley lay another large ship, and he guessed that she was the one which had captured her, but he wisely forebore to ask questions.
Owen would, however, have again to go to sea, but neither he nor Norah liked to talk of the subject, and wisely forebore thinking about it.
He wore so earnest a face, and looked so directly and intelligently at me, that I forebore to smile.
The one great grief of his life touched his whole face with a pensive melancholy, but he forebore to tell them his true history again, preferring to wait for some golden moment when he might be believed and emancipated.
Yet she cast a glance into the mirror as she spoke, and seeing that her bonnet was even then a point off the compass she forebore to change it.
Then, as she still saw the questions in his eyes which he forebore to ask, she added: "Do you want me to tell you about it all?
So far as was possible, however, she kept the recognition of all this far in the background of her thought and forebore any conscious criticism of him, even to herself.
Rachel dropped her face upon her hands, partly for relief from David's serious face, which forebore to rebuke her and yet of necessity did so, partly to close herself in with her own bewilderment.
The following year a famine so severe visited England, that even the Danes forebore to ravage so poor a land; but in 1006, the next year, they overspread Wessex like locusts.
The pony stopped feeding to look at the mail-wagon pass by; but the master sitting in the wagon forebore to turn his head.
He watched her in silence; but when he forebore to question her, she turned, exposing a rounded, ravishing cheek, glowing against the white fur of her hood.
Through the glasses Cherry spied a figure in the door of her house which she declared was Constantine, but with commendable caution the big breed forebore to join the fleet of kyaks now rapidly mustering.
Where Abdul Hamid forebore to enter, even as the mandatory of the Continental Courts, there Milan of Servia rushed in.
One moment stood out quite clearly, but he forebore to say so.
There was a far-away look in her eyes which did not escape the notice of Grandmother and Aunt Matilda, but they forebore to comment upon it as long as she performed her tasks acceptably.
Marian forebore making any attempt to see her love, for fear that she might be watched and followed, and so bring about Robin's capture.
They left him in no great humor; but forebore to provoke him further.
They had had a glorious day's sail, piloted by Valdemar Svensen, whose astonishment at seeing the Güldmars on board the Eulalie was depicted in his face, but who prudently forebore from making any remarks thereon.
Jack saw that Hugh had blood on his hands, butforebore to ask any questions.
Jack forebore to ask questions, for he could see that Hugh was occupied in observing, and was thinking hard.
The kingdom of Yŭn forebore to attack Ko-gu-ryŭ and she in turn was busy strengthening her own position in view of future contingencies.
Rich in treasure, poor in warriors, he left his foes to take away the prizes which he forebore to give to the friends of his own land.
For she forebore to give judgment, and begged pardon for her slip.
The way he forebore from seizing a perfectly obvious advantage sent him up fifty per cent.
Any strain that there had been, and was still for that matter, was between her daughter and myself, and, like a wise mother, she forebore from interfering in what did not immediately concern her.
The Captain and Slim were there waiting for them and looked at Many Eyes critically, but they forebore to laugh at her.
Sahwah realized that she was figure-skating on thin ice when she mentioned that subject and foreboreto make any further remarks.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forebore" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
