be left

Example Sentences

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Sadly, the U.S. is likely to be left behind.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

And Americans who are already paying more than $4 a gallon on average for gas may be left scratching their heads over the focus on jet fuel.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Sabalenka, meanwhile, will be left wondering what might have been.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

She said border officials rejected these ideas, but signaled tentative support for watering holes for bighorn, small wildlife passages in the wall and floodgates to be left open during storms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Everything else—the gateleg table they’d painted blue, the mismatched chairs, Pearl’s bed and Mia’s mattress and the tussock of pillows they’d called a couch—would be left behind.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng