How to Use forgiveness in a Sentence

forgiveness

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  • She treats us with kindness and forgiveness.
  • The record melds their rock sound with sharp synths and a plea for forgiveness.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2022
  • How much is the loan forgiveness, and what are the limits?
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
  • And all of those things may one day lead to forgiveness.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Her film doesn’t aim to be a guide, a balm or an ode to forgiveness.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
  • Their exchanges are tinged with the hurt of old wounds and the hope of future forgiveness.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2022
  • This is not the type of ending where there’s forgiveness.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • At the heart of both the exhibition and the film is the concept of forgiveness.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Click here to read the latest in the student debt forgiveness saga.
    — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 June 2024
  • Didn’t the Supreme Court rule in favor of the loan forgiveness program?
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Jesus told the 12 that repentance and the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all the nations.
    — Rev. Jeff Horejsi, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • So Eddie is most often, in my mind, the voice of forgiveness.
    — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The latest plan takes a two-pronged approach to loan forgiveness.
    — Preston Cooper, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The film is filled with contrasts, Norway and India, life and death, hate and forgiveness, love and fear.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 18 Nov. 2022
  • In the film, the man later returns to Marley's home to beg for the musician's forgiveness.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a chance that the student loan forgiveness program may be trashed, while gun reforms would not see the light of day.
    — Quartz, 9 Nov. 2022
  • 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 rate of loan forgiveness — 64% — is much less than the rates achieved by other kinds of borrowers.
    — Mike Gousha and John D. Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2022
  • Bill Lawrence really talks about how the arc of season 2 is this theme of forgiveness.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Love, heartbreak, and forgiveness are the name of the game this week as Firefly Lane season two arrives.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2022
  • This summer, the court struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
    — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In their last message, Hale said that something bad was about to happen and asked for forgiveness.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 29 Mar. 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
  • The prospect of major debt forgiveness for a favorite African country.
    — New York Times, 25 July 2022
  • This book is a great story about the importance of forgiveness and classroom rules.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2024
  • But through tears Phillip Curl — wearing a tie with music notes on it as an ode to his mother’s love for piano —said her greatest lesson was about forgiveness.
    — Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2025

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