How to Use forgiveness in a Sentence

forgiveness

noun
  • She treats us with kindness and forgiveness.
  • This is not the type of ending where there’s forgiveness.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In the first five days of the fee forgiveness program, which runs through March, WPL said the library cleared over 400 accounts of fines.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Here is where the plans stand: Student loan forgiveness.
    Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • In the film, the man later returns to Marley's home to beg for the musician's forgiveness.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Thank you for that story on Meyers Leonard and his quest for forgiveness.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2023
  • At the heart of their grievances is greed — Bo’s for money, Frank’s for forgiveness and Toni’s for revenge.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • This summer, the court struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
    Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This means that borrowers would no longer have to apply for these forms of loan forgiveness.
    Bo Erickson, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • As some of the letter writers pointed out, there should be forgiveness.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Republicans have been opposed to the debt forgiveness plan from the start and have made many efforts to repeal it.
    Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 30 May 2023
  • Some of the families were able to excavate some forgiveness from their grief.
    Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Over $56 billion in loan forgiveness has been approved so far.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Much of the forgiveness has gone to middle-aged borrowers who have been repaying their loans for years or decades.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Good Friday marks the ultimate day of forgiveness in the life of Christians, according to christianty.com.
    Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The simple lesson of forgiveness has given Stone a new outlook.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Next July will also bring a quicker road to loan forgiveness.
    Collin Binkley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
  • What is the ratio of expectation and forgiveness that keeps a friendship alive and vital?
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The move comes weeks after the Supreme Court struck down President Biden's student loan forgiveness program.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 15 July 2023
  • Vanderpump, who was present for the reunion filming and has long served as a source of guidance for the show's stars, admitted there's still a long road ahead to forgiveness.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • Continuing to push for student debt forgiveness could be a good way to win over more younger voters.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
  • With fear and wonder in facing God’s judgment, Jews seek forgiveness.
    Sofia Barrett, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
  • As with Brooks, half of borrowers want forgiveness to go further.
    Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • There is also the school that advises to ask for forgiveness, not permission.
    Curbed, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Many are waiting, with fingers crossed, for Biden’s loan forgiveness agenda to succeed.
    Tamia Fowlkes, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
  • After begging for forgiveness and promising his transgression was just a one-time thing, Will gives Liv the honeymoon of a lifetime, a road trip through the West Coast.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
  • To me that’s an exciting future in love, one which includes forgiveness, reimagining, and maybe even some old flames.
    Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Looks like Drake’s new strategy is to ask for forgiveness, not permission.
    Vulture, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Talking to him and expressing all those emotions of forgiveness and sadness but also love and joy was so healing.
    Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
  • Certain campaign promises aimed at them, like forgiveness of student loan debt and subsidies for child care, were struck down by the Supreme Court or didn’t pass in Congress.
    Francesca Paris, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023

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