cast away
Example Sentences
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It’s nice to know that there are still corners of the internet bright enough to cast away the darkness that often feels suffocating.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
But he’s been seemingly cast away at Penske, where the tight bond between Newgarden and McLaughlin has made Power the odd driver out of the cool club on a three-car team.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022
Why did that song survive when other ones got cast away?
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2022
“Donkeys have been completely cast away from society,” said King, who never married and adopted a child in 2006.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021
You won’t have anything else here.” and having delivered her defiance all on one breath, Meg cast away her pinafore and precipitately left the field to bemoan herself in her own room.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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