How to Use forbearance in a Sentence

forbearance

noun

• He showed great forbearance in his dealings with them.
• This is a man trying to make a deal, asking for the forbearance of the cosmos.
  — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2019
• 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
• But this is the wisdom of age and Aegon is a kid; Otto would be smart to show more forbearance himself.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 June 2024
• 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
• To get a further forbearance, borrowers will need to call again.
  — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 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
• Miano called his lender again this week, a month after the first call inquiring about forbearance.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 2 May 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
• And while forbearance isn't a new program, this mass execution of it is.
  — Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 9 Aug. 2024
• 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
• As a result, borrowers who had enrolled in, or applied to, SAVE have been put into a forbearance.
  — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Jan 2025