How to Use forbearance in a Sentence

forbearance

noun
  • He showed great forbearance in his dealings with them.
  • Frame your forbearance as a gift only grands can give, or close to it.
    — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2021
  • There is no one type of forbearance plan; the length and term are based on your circumstances.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
  • This is a man trying to make a deal, asking for the forbearance of the cosmos.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The first wave of borrowers to exit forbearance will be the largest.
    — Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 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
  • The terms of forbearance are between a borrower and their lender.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2021
  • To get a further forbearance, borrowers will need to call again.
    — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Most private lenders will grant at least a 30-day forbearance, Wood said.
    — Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Keep in mind that not every borrower will exit forbearance at the same time.
    — Fortune, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Most lenders were willing to offer forbearance in the early days of the crisis.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • About a fifth of them will not be able to extend their forbearance past September.
    — Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Miano called his lender again this week, a month after the first call inquiring about forbearance.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 2 May 2020
  • The mortgages, car loans, and the like no longer covered by forbearance are showing few defaults.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2020
  • And while forbearance isn't a new program, this mass execution of it is.
    — Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 9 Aug. 2024
  • One firm even offered borrowers $25 gift cards to put their loans in forbearance.
    — New York Times, 11 May 2018
  • The chain has entered a forbearance deal that extends through June 30.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
  • As before, what may look like free-for-alls can actually be governed by a sort of forbearance.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 June 2019
  • Those in forbearance are not allowed to refinance and must work out repayment plans with their banks.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Borrowers who enrolled in the plan were placed in a forbearance while the legal challenges played out.
    — Annie Nova, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Now the entire free world stands united in grief and forbearance with Manchester, against the forces of evil.
    — Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 24 May 2017
  • That, and forbearance from his landlord, should enable him to keep Colosseum open in the months ahead.
    — New York Times, 27 Feb. 2021
  • During the forbearance, interest will continue to rack up on your debt.
    — Annie Nova, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The late loan rates include mortgages that are in payment forbearance because of the pandemic.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • But all that came unraveled for tens of thousands of vets like Conlon who were on what's known as a mortgage forbearance.
    — Chris Arnold , Quil Lawrence, NPR, 1 May 2025
  • More troubling, 20% of all borrowers had loans in forbearance for 18 months or more.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2018
  • Some private lenders offer their own version of deferment and forbearance.
    — John Csiszar, CNBC, 2 June 2026

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