These gentlemen also furnish another proof that there are at least some among us who will incur any risk, and make any sacrifice, rather than forego the indulgence of their musical tastes and inclinations.
During his residence at Berlin, Mr. Adams, while attending with unsleeping diligence to his public duties, did not forego the more congenial pursuits of literature.
This approbation of his proceedings thus far, and encouragement as to future success, from so high a source, undoubtedly induced the younger Adams to forego his inclination to withdraw from the field of diplomacy.
Nor was this done without a sacrifice on his part, sharply felt; for he had to forego the particular honour and jewel of his day--his morning's walk with my father.
To forego all the issues of living in a parlour with a regulated temperature--as if that were not to die a hundred times over, and for ten years at a stretch!
Do not mistake the meaning of the last clause of the last sentence; we could elucidate it so thoroughly that no intelligent person could fail to comprehend it; but, for reasons which may hereafter appear, we forego the task.
We might fill a folio volume with similar extracts; but we must forego the task; the remainder of our space must be occupied with other arguments.
Remember that, Anthony, and by the love you bear to her, forego the thoughts that charge thy brain.
But he wished this old man, so very near the mysterious crisis of his affairs, would begin to forego to some extent the habit of a lifetime, become a little more human.
But before the dais the wave paused, since in it were those who could not forego the joy of taunting Lapo Cercamorte before killing him.
He saw nothing to be gained by holding out until he could return to Agnes and place the situation before her, if Boyle had been willing to forego moving against her that long.
He did not like to forego the ceremony, but he wanted to get back to bed, for a man's legs soon begin to feel chilly in that mountain wind.
There seemed to be nothing for Slavens to do but to forego his trip in quest of Agnes, and sit there in the hope that she would come.
I see," she said coldly, "that I do but waste my time in calling on your honour to forego this infamous trickery.
I will gladly forego the supper and sit all night upon your doorstep, but have my money in my pocket.
By this time I expected to do no less, but I was so curious to see Tedham again that I should have been willing to do much worse, rather than forego my meeting with him.
At the moment it seemed to him that life without this companionship would be something poorer and thinner than he had yet known, and that he could not endure to forego it.
Her whole voyage is for that one purpose; and it's not likely the woman is going to forego her triumph after having succeeded--more especially as somebody else in the same office has failed.
Should you forego the sending of that cablegram, I will willingly pay you three times what the New York Argus will give you for it.
But you must not think I am going to forego scolding you because of my sympathy with you.
Sir Randolph Routh, pressed by this difficulty, wrote to the Treasury, to say he could not altogether forego the Government claim to have, at least, some corn ground at Westport.
Only when Kirk appeared upon his rounds did heforego his haughty complacency.
Because a woman marries without love, is it right for her to forego love all her life?
Long he must stammer in his speech, oftenforego the living for the dead.
How can I live without thee; how forego Thy sweet Converse and Love so dearly join'd, To live again in these wild Woods forlorn?
Licence has a jealous lover, Who but enters to unmask here A pretended purity, To foregopoliter manners.
Miss Van Cortlandt has an historical name herself, and will not forego an honest pride, in order to relieve one of the hostile powers from a dilemma.
The joys of heaven I'd forego To have you with me there below,'-- Said Aucassin to Nicolette.
Cleopatra had been urged not to lose the favorable opportunity, when Judaea was unable to forego her help, of invading that country and of dethroning Alexander.
But popularity is too sweet for the tyrant to forego it, and to Herod it was particularly important, as he wished to appear before the Romans in the character of a prince beloved by his people.
They forego and renounce worldly possessions for one another, each preferring the other to himself.
From now on we should forego ease and bodily comfort, accept every difficulty, forget self and teach the Cause of God.
Rich men whose income is in excess of their wants, can afford to forego something in the way of yearly return for the sake of a strong prospect of appreciation in value.
Bank and trust-company stocks are especially sought by wealthy men, who can foregosomething in the way of income return for the sake of increasing the amount of their principal.
Forego thy scoffs, forego thy jeers, And do not watch me in such guise; I thee don’t mark on thy hand’s work Whatever way I turn my eyes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forego" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
