How to Use forbearance in a Sentence

forbearance

noun
  • He showed great forbearance in his dealings with them.
  • The forbearance on my mortgage is ending in the next couple of months, and . . .
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Frame your forbearance as a gift only grands can give, or close to it.
    Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The first wave of borrowers to exit forbearance will be the largest.
    Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Briefly, forbearance is when a bank agrees not to foreclose on the borrower in exchange for a change in the terms.
    Joseph Edgar, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Most lenders were willing to offer forbearance in the early days of the crisis.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The terms of forbearance are between a borrower and their lender.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Almost one in 10 homeowners signed up for forbearance at the height of the program’s use last June.
    WSJ, 2 May 2021
  • And a payment might be required to obtain the forbearance.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • You will be placed in forbearance, meaning no payment will be due, for the next billing cycle.
    Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • About a fifth of them will not be able to extend their forbearance past September.
    Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The mortgages, car loans, and the like no longer covered by forbearance are showing few defaults.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2020
  • That, and forbearance from his landlord, should enable him to keep Colosseum open in the months ahead.
    New York Times, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Check to see if your landlord has a mortgage forbearance.
    Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Lenders, for the most part, were initially happy to grant debt forbearance and hope that the pandemic would end soon.
    Konrad Putzier, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Optima first entered a forbearance agreement with the fund in February 2019, around the time the bonds became due, the suit said.
    Eric Heisig, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Those homeowners also have the right to request forbearance by the end of June to delay their mortgage payments for up to a year.
    Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Keep in mind that not every borrower will exit forbearance at the same time.
    Fortune, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Megan Reilly said the move represents the right balance of firmness and forbearance.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • But even among some White House aides, the news of a new, potentially more virulent strain was met with weary forbearance.
    Kevin Liptak, CNN, 1 Dec. 2021
  • But equally, the White House little choice but to hope the militia's forbearance continues.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The attorney asked the lender to cancel Tuesday’s foreclosure sale and grant a six-month forbearance.
    Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Landry is one of about 1.8 million homeowners still in forbearance as the safety net is removed.
    Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Many graduates starting out don’t focus on their student loans and put the debt on pause through forbearance.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • But what if Zillow's prediction is wrong, and more than 25% of borrowers in forbearance put their homes for sale?
    Fortune, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Often these offers were for two to six months of forbearance, meaning many borrowers who took these options in the spring have run out of time, or soon will.
    Cheryl Winokur Munk, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The late loan rates include mortgages that are in payment forbearance because of the pandemic.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Those in forbearance are not allowed to refinance and must work out repayment plans with their banks.
    Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The plan is currently blocked and borrowers have been put into interest-free forbearance.
    Solcyré Burga, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The forbearance could not be credited toward loan forgiveness under PSLF.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024

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