abandon
Example Sentences
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A further appeal was abandoned and another appeal was withdrawn, the court heard.
From BBC
For Daisy Mulholland, it's a case of waiting and hoping the work she was forced to abandon can still be staged at another time.
From BBC
He is among a growing number of migrant workers abandoned by shipowners, who flout their obligations and desert crews without paying the salaries owed.
From Barron's
Instead, Victor's first day was in an abandoned house three hours outside Saint-Petersburg.
From Barron's
They see in him the virtues that made their city free and prosperous—and the courage it took for him to risk arrest and prison rather than abandon his principles or flee abroad.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
