Sentence examples for the forbearance of from inspiring English sources

Sadly, though, he underestimated the forbearance of the larger states.

The British drivers in particular carried themselves with the forbearance of Spitfire pilots.

Come to think of it, maybe Snoop Dogg was counting on the forbearance of his host.

("I ask the forbearance of readers for a dissenting view of a film that is widely regarded as a masterpiece").

Perhaps they were counting on the forbearance of their host, who, as a candidate, had advocated the decriminalization of cannabis.

There, she wrote: I ask the forbearance of readers for a dissenting view of a film that is widely regarded as a masterpiece.

Nobody foresaw that an amiable picket of refineries, combined with the Frenchified forbearance of the British police and the madness of the crowds who descended with Bagehot on garage forecourts, would suck the pumps suddenly dry.

I had to endure the scepticism of bartenders, the confusion of waitresses, the patient forbearance of my dining companions as we scanned the menu to be sure there was something I could eat.

In E2-5, Locke stipulates that he uses the word "action" to "comprehend the forbearance too of any Action proposed", in order to "avoid the multiplying of words" (E2-5 II.xxi.28: 248).

In Japanese baseball, the most highly prized virtue is doryoku, or unflagging effort, and Ramirez's stubborn stand-offishness, at least in the early days, seemed a direct clash with the polite forbearance of Matsuzaka.

"People either love me, or they hate me," she comments with the proud forbearance of one accustomed to both extremes.