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"Forfeit" in a Sentence (20 examples)
His health was the forfeit of heavy drinking.
The team had to forfeit the match due to lack of players.
"Thieving is thieving," said the Beast, "whether it be a rose or a diamond; thy life is forfeit."
Tom was declared the winner by forfeit.
Witness, ye ashes of our comrades dear, / ye flames of Troy, that in your hour of woe / nor darts I shunned, nor shock of Danaan spear. / If Fate my life had called me to forego, / this hand had earned it, forfeit to the foe.
If you agree to binding arbitration, you may forfeit some of your rights.
He declared a forfeit.
In his will he provided that they who succeeded to this lot of ground should forfeit it if they cut down the palm.
This thought, that a man may forfeit his rights, is as essential to proper conceptions of civil government, and civil liberty, as the thought that a man has rights; for if there be no forfeiture of rights through crime, then all legal punishments are without foundation in justice; even the right of self-defense, individually and nationally, ceases to exist.
She came forth to forfeit her fourth-place medal.
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That he our deadly forfeit should release
He who murders pays the forfeit of his own life.
Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal / Remit thy other forfeits.
Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day.
a. 1789, Barry St. Leger, Siege of Nicopolis to seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit
He forfeited his last chance of an early release from jail by repeatedly attacking another inmate.
Because only nine players were present, the football team was forced to forfeit the game.
I will have the heart of him if he forfeit.
After the raid on USPV, Plaintiffs filed claims with the FBI seeking return of their seized property. The government did not return the property in response to these claims; instead, it indicated that it was seeking to forfeit the property.
to tread the forfeit paradise
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