Words Of Patience

verb to remain or stay in a particular place or situation

• He decided to bide his time and wait for the perfect opportunity to present itself.
• I'll just bide here until you're ready to leave.
• Let's bide our time and see how things play out.
• Sometimes it's best to bide your tongue and not say anything.

verb to refrain or abstain from doing something

• It is important to forbear from making any hasty decisions in this matter.
• Please forbear from interrupting me while I am speaking.
• Hey, can you forbear from being so annoying?
• Sometimes we must forbear the storm in order to find peace on the other side.

noun a person who suffers for a long time without complaining

adjective enduring pain or hardship for a long time without complaint

• The long suffering patients waited patiently in the crowded hospital waiting room.
• My long suffering friend finally broke up with her unreliable boyfriend.
• I can't believe how long suffering my boss is with that lazy coworker.
• The long suffering tree finally snapped in the strong winds, after years of bending and swaying.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

• In order to see the full effects of the treatment, it is important to give it time to work.
• Just give it some time, things will eventually fall into place.
• Chill out, bro, just give it some time to sort itself out.
• Like a fine wine, some things just need time to mature. Give it time and you will see the results.