Sentence examples for this is forgivable from inspiring English sources

But all this is forgivable compared to her voice.

Perhaps this is forgivable: Madame de Staël's kingdom was, after all, the drawing room.

This is forgivable coming from a man born months before the October revolution of 1917.

This is forgivable: no one seriously expects effective policy to revolve around foolproof bubble detection.

But this is forgivable - the Keys are up there with the White Stripes in the creative blues nous stakes.

This is forgivable since slang is such a fast-moving target, of which any snapshot will be instantly out of date.

But this flummery is forgivable partly because this is a burger restaurant located in a town which has given its name to a breed of cattle.

Some in Congress argue that this law-breaking is forgivable because it was done to help the government in a time of crisis.

You might care more right now about why "color-blind" is in quotes (in wish case you're way too into this article but that's forgivable).

If no one is at fault, does this mean that torture is forgivable?

For once the characterisation is forgivable: this particular heroine is not human.Instead, she is an artificially intelligent operating system belonging to a sheepish writer named Theodore Twombly Joaquinn Phoenix, pictured).