How to Use forbearance in a Sentence

forbearance

noun

• He showed great forbearance in his dealings with them.
• This, too, seemed Trump-y: forbearance, in the name of lucre.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
• 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
• The company has been chipping away at that gap under a forbearance agreement with the PBGC that dates to 2015.
  — Andrew Scurria, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2017
• 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
• The forbearance of foreign investors will not last for ever.
  — The Economist, 19 May 2018
• More troubling, 20% of all borrowers had loans in forbearance for 18 months or more.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2018
• 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
• One firm even offered borrowers $25 gift cards to put their loans in forbearance.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2018
• But many of them default later on, after the forbearance period ends, the GAO says.
  — Michelle Hackman, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
• Keep in mind that not every borrower will exit forbearance at the same time.
  — Fortune, 12 Sep. 2021
• Likely one of the most helpful options will be a natural disaster forbearance.
  — Annie Nova, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
• Friday’s filing on the extended forbearance notes that MSG Networks has $4.1 million in interest payments to make on the outstanding balance.
  — Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 10 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Feb 2025