abandonment

Example Sentences

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The Bronze Age in the area may have been a "time of particular stress" as other burial sites in the region show evidence of famine and abandonment.

From BBC

I think Helen, being the eldest child, has a weird sense of abandonment.

From The Wall Street Journal

It accumulates in small abandonments of responsibility and mutual respect.

From The Wall Street Journal

And the sense of abandonment can feel personal.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It is likely that the abandonment of a territory developed by a highly structured society has become deeply rooted in people's memories," the paper says.

From BBC