How to Use forgive me in a Sentence

forgive me

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  • So forgive me for indulging in a bit of heavy speculation this week.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But forgive me if Monday’s sermon didn’t come across like a man ready to tackle the NL West.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • It really can’t be overemphasized how good Erivo and Grande sound together, so forgive me for bringing it up again.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Strange New Worlds’s deeply disappointing third season, so please forgive me my current knee-jerk cynicism about genre television.
    Lily Osler, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025
  • And if the, forgive me, journey does end here, Indy was lucky to partake in the sendoff — even if the Gainbridge crowd waved a somewhat underwhelming farewell.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Still, there are so many astonishing filmmakers whose works are missing—please forgive me, Hou Hsiou-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang—and your favorites might be missing, too.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Feb. 2026

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