Sentence examples for almost forgiven from inspiring English sources

The phrase "almost forgiven" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone is close to being forgiven but not entirely there yet.
Example: "After our long discussion, I feel like I'm almost forgiven for my mistake."
Alternatives: "nearly forgiven" or "close to being forgiven".

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PETER AND BOOZE (2009) Just as the nation had almost forgiven Peter Barlow for turning up sozzled at Simon's nativity, causing a boozy altercation with the head, Peter then falls asleep on his sofa, lit cigarette in hand.

I spotted an untouched bottle of Ribena in a cupboard and nostalgically remembered it was her favourite so I posted it to her and was almost forgiven for forgetting to have a going away party.

As it turned out, the book wasn't really about black holes, as we understand them in physics, but by the end of it, I had almost forgiven them for this!

Life has it's way of dealing heavy and ugly blows to us that sometimes we're almost forgiven if we choose to stay down.

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Utterly superb, I almost forgive the budgie smugglers.

I almost forgive Jerry Lewis's views on female comedians.

And that chicken soup is so good, we can almost forgive its billing as 'Jewish Penicillin'.

For this you can almost forgive the arid crab beignets ($8).

You could almost forgive the Bernie bros for their bitterness and disbelief.

The sense of summer is so pleasurable one can almost forgive the unyielding metal chairs.

I could almost forgive all of that if the jokes were funny.

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