Sentence examples for were forgone from inspiring English sources
verb
To let pass, to leave alone
What other achievements were forgone in the time spent watching a sideways shuffle and air lasso?
The economy grows, bringing in more tax revenues (more, indeed, than were forgone through the initial tax cut).
With the release of Mega Man 9 in 2008, however, some of these elements and others implemented in the third through eighth installments were forgone in favor of the more basic aspects of Mega Man and Mega Man 2. The producers of Mega Man 9 have referred to the ninth game as "the new Mega Man 3" because they wanted to surpass what they accomplished in Mega Man 2.
It was tried to increase compliance by providing an information leaflet and instructions on how to use the device but reminders and further instructions during the trial were forgone as the use of the devices over time was one of the outcomes.
Some fans were forgoing soccer altogether.
Management was downgrading to cheaper hotels; employees were forgoing pay on Friday furloughs.
The campaign confirmed that staff members were forgoing payment after word of it leaked out in the morning.
People either had already eaten or were forgoing dinner altogether.
Too bad the opportunity was forgone.
An opportunity to prepare for the inevitable was forgone.
Interest is forgone by the saver in support of the charity.
