forebear|forebears in English

noun

ancestor, forefathe

Use "forebear|forebears" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "forebear|forebears" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "forebear|forebears", or refer to the context using the word "forebear|forebears" in the English Dictionary.

1. 13 I had much ado to forebear laughing.

2. His realism was not the realism of his forebears.

3. 1 I'll come back to the land of my forebears.

4. 15 Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.

5. Ancestor definition, a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor

6. 2 His realism was not the realism of his forebears.

7. 19 If only he had lavished that kind of discrimination on their forebear.

8. Cain’s descendant Lamech turned out to be as violently inclined as his ungodly forebear.

9. 12. (a) Like their forebears, in what wrongdoing did Ezekiel’s contemporaries engage?

10. My forebears hardly knew what went on outside their small feudal society.

11. 3 One of his forebears could have won the support of Wilfrid.

12. Antonyms for Anaphor include cataphor, logophor, antecedent, ancestor, family, predecessor, ancestry, descent, extraction and forebear

13. 7 My forebears hardly knew what went on outside their small feudal society.

14. 14 He was a good man , but always forebear his wrath and complaint.

15. 23 Consider how much more frugal the poor are than we, how much better they forebear hardship.

16. A person from whom one is descended , especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.

17. 16 Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.

18. Afrobeats is both the evolution and in many ways antithesis of its prefixed forebear

19. Rather, our verb is based on forebears in Late Latin (anathematizare) and Greek (Anathematizein)

20. Antonyms for Consequents include antecedents, ancestors, family, predecessors, ancestries, descent, extraction, forebears, forefathers and progenitors

21. 21 Try as they might, however, the younger singers rarely measure up to their forebears.

22. 6 Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.

23. 4 Like their forebears, they chose subjects to illustrate the many facets of village life.

24. 24 A person from whom one is descended , especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.

25. Try as they might, however, the younger singers rarely measure up to their forebears.