Sentence examples for could have forgiven from inspiring English sources

Her detractors could have forgiven her bad taste; what they couldn't forgive was cynicism.

At the same time, you could have forgiven India for taking it easy or experimenting given they've already qualified.

Back at the Camp Nou, Espanyol resisted the temptation to do likewise but you could have forgiven them if they had.

But I could have forgiven all these dreadful derelictions – how furious Mr Disney must be! – if the book wasn't so oddly dull.

The Scots had never played Spain before, and you could have forgiven their players for Doing A Beattie before the game.

When a lone fan invaded the field late in that one, you could have forgiven them for believing they were in Hereford in 1972, watching Ronnie Radford spank a shot past Willie McFaul.

And maybe audiences could've forgiven his suggestion to his girlfriend that "if you get raped by a pack of n-words, it will be your fault".

Possibly I could still have forgiven this moment of over-explanation as a natural bit of conversation.

With her, though, my feelings were a bit more complicated, and, instead of believing that we had bonded, I'd wonder that she could ever have forgiven me.

It wouldn't have liked it, but it could, probably, have forgiven Cameron and his small circle of friends everything for victory.

Could you have forgiven that completely?