Forgiving

Examples

• As he extended his hand with a magnificently forgiving air, and as I was broken by illness and unfit to quarrel, I took it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• But you'll say a word to her for me, and ask her to be as forgiving as you two are? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Say everything as is kind and forgiving on your part? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As soon as he had gone, she wished she had been more forgiving, and when Meg and her mother went upstairs, she felt lonely and longed for Teddy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Revenge is sometimes sweet, even to the most forgiving lady, when the manner of it is not too desperate. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• If not a dominant and commanding race, they are, at least, an affectionate, magnanimous, and forgiving one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But try--do try--to feel some forgiving sorrow for me! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She put his hair lightly away from his forehead, then laid her other hand on his, and was conscious of forgiving him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She was naturally of a kindly and forgiving disposition. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And yet she said she was, like an artless forgiving creature. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Oblige me by forgiving him! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Oh, no, no; nor I,' said Fogg, in a most forgiving manner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• On reflection, I shrank from forestalling her in the double luxury of surprising and forgiving him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He is not very forgiving: he broke with his family, and now for many years he has led an unsettled kind of life. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Do you suppose a man's mother could live two or three months without one forgiving thought? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Think what a vast opportunity was then lost of beginning a forgiving and honest course. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They were always forgiving me, in their vanity and condescension. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I trust I may--ha--hail--this desire,' said Mr Dorrit, in an encouraging and forgiving manner, 'as an auspicious omen. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• At the Count's particular suggestion (so like his lordship's forgiving kindness! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Ever forgiving and ever affable. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Let me see thee, a' so good, and so forgiving. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Handsomely forgiving her, I soon exchanged an affectionate good night with her and Joe, and went up to bed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The tomb of Joseph, the dutiful son, the affectionate, forgiving brother, the virtuous man, the wise Prince and ruler. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Editor: Roxanne