Sentence examples for forwent from inspiring English sources
"forwent" is a correct and usable word in written English
It is an archaic term, meaning to go before or to pass by. Here is an example sentence: The knight forwent his horse and chose to fight the dragon on foot.
verb
Simple past tense of forgo
I would argue that they pursued a strategy of conventional war against the Empire and forwent every aspect of insurgent strategy and tactics.
On television, Mr Lukashenka forwent his campaign broadcast; a conspiracy-theory documentary about recent revolutions was shown instead.
Those who invested their pay earned respect as well as compound interest; those who wasted it on whiskey and cards forwent both.
Already, as the post-war baby-boomers reach their 50s, Japan's lifetime-employers are carrying the cost of paying their senior workers over the odds in return for all the wages they forwent two or three decades ago.Making matters worse, at least for those who believe that Japan has to reform, are the political effects of an ageing society.
(Even so, partners forwent all salary).
On Friday, we put on some light and comfy trousers, and forwent our tampons.
Google would be forgoing Gmail's scant profit, but its actions would be consistent with the idea that the net belongs to its users throughout the world.
But why forgo indulging in all the frippery the boutiques have to offer, with their work-of-art interiors and over-the-top tissue paper and ribbons, in favour of scrabbling about for last season's cast-offs?
The chief executive, David Higgins, who earns £560,000, announced in February that he and other board members would forgo any bonus in 2012 amid rail performance issues, although it came after pressure from the transport secretary, Justine Greening, and wider public anger over bonus culture in general.
You can swap in dark chocolate if you've less of a sweet tooth, or forgo the chocolate altogether if you're a purist in these things.
I had to forgo washing in the morning a few times because the meter had run out overnight It wasn't until I had sat through six hours of hold music – none of the energy companies wanted to take responsibility for our situation – that we realised the installation had been triggered by a £1,000 debt on the previous tenants' account.
