abandoned

Example Sentences

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They’re there to be picked up and put down, joined and abandoned, returned to later.

From Salon

She added that she had also suffered bone bruising and meniscus damage from her fall in a race which was abandoned early due to awful conditions which caused two other crashes.

From Barron's

The youngster said he started heading for shore with just his life jacket but later abandoned it to swim unencumbered.

From Barron's

He had abandoned it and was trying to reach a group of people who he had overheard on his truck’s CB radio.

From Literature

"The decision had been made to bring his arrival forward by six months. The move has now been abandoned."

From Barron's