How to Use forbearance in a Sentence

forbearance

noun
  • He showed great forbearance in his dealings with them.
  • The first wave of borrowers to exit forbearance will be the largest.
    Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The terms of forbearance are between a borrower and their lender.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 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
  • Check to see if your landlord has a mortgage forbearance.
    Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • And don’t worry about the impact a forbearance has on your credit history.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Tom’s angry scenes with his mother, frustration met with studied forbearance, have a ring of truth about them.
    Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022
  • When students stopped making payments, as forbearance allows, the debt piled up.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2022
  • For most borrowers who began forbearance last spring, the 18-month maximum will be this fall.
    Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2021
  • But the forbearance ends May 1, and many borrowers are worried about being able to resume payments.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2022
  • But even as the Fed has been drawing criticism for being slow to act, some economists say a bit of forbearance is warranted.
    Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2022
  • It’s not just Republicans who want the forbearance period to end, though.
    Abby Vesoulis, Time, 25 Mar. 2022
  • During the forbearance period, your account is marked as current and paid.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Since then, many smaller landlords have struggled to collect their monthly rent checks and some have gone into forbearance on their mortgages.
    Andrew Ackerman, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The end of forbearance will likely cause spending to decline in the near-term instead, as people resume monthly debt service payments.
    Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Periods of forbearance or any kind of deferment don’t count.
    Marvin Krislov, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • Opting for forbearance can set borrowers back years in paying off their student loans.
    Solcyre Burga, Time, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The government aid and forbearance provided by U.S. banks that kept many borrowers afloat left banks with large amounts of cash on hand that are likely to stick around for the foreseeable future.
    Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The rest consists of federal loans, which currently are in forbearance because of the pandemic.
    Lisa Ward, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
  • But even if the Administration lets the forbearance end in December, about half of borrowers won’t have to make payments since their debt will be canceled.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Interest that is not paid through forbearance or deferral gets added to the principal, and then interest is charged on the new, larger balance.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Borrowers with loans covered by the Cares Act have a number of payment options once their forbearance period ends.
    Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Instead of promoting forbearance, this uneasy mixture fans fears of the Other.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The evidence from more than two years of debt forbearance thus far is that borrowers have used it to improve their household balance sheets, paying off high-rate credit card debt and saving the rest.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022

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