forsake

“We believe that this was a blessing from God—proof that the Lord does not forsake us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Even after its massive expenditures, Microsoft recently said its cloud-computing capacity was so constrained that it had to forsake external cloud sales to run its own operations.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

It’s the one noticeable design misstep in Daniel’s production, but it reflects the character’s desire to become part of a world that has always seemed ready to forsake him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025

The teaching that God will “never leave or forsake you” is found multiple times in the Bible.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2024

But choosing a different faction means I forsake my family.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

In pursuit of his mad crush, the hypermasculine Hudson, Randy now forsakes his beloved campy theater friends, cutting his hair and taking up sports as the buff, tough Dell.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2022

One of these is Charles G. Koch’s 2015 book, “Good Profit,” an example of what happens when a billionaire adopts Alger’s preachy moralizing but forsakes the narrative of mobility that made him compelling.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022

Defensive lineman Aaron Donald said he forsakes the sweet treats to keep his “four-pack” abs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2018

Director X’s “Superfly” transplants the 1972 Blaxploitation classic from Harlem streets to suburban Atlanta mansions, flips Curtis Mayfield’s soul score for Future’s hip-hop soundtrack and forsakes the original’s politically charged grit for shallow music-video indulgence.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2018

There was a dignity to her grief and an acceptance of the fait accompli—the fatalism that the pilot’s wife must beget whenever her mate forsakes her for his aircraft.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Hook frequently forsook food for the cat poop he always seemed to find on our lawn and in our backyard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Later, he forsook arts cinema to become a highly bankable commercial actor, as at home in comedy as in drama.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2021

“American spray paint companies basically forsook graffiti in the ’90s,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2020

Foster Huntington, 32, was a designer for Ralph Lauren before he forsook city life to build a treehouse and a skatepark on land in Washington State, among other adventures.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2020

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Underwater and forsaken, American homeowners watched as their earth-toned Tuscan kitchens and quirky bits of ornament made their homes slow to move in a glutted market.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025

He goes on to say they were "looking forward to a day scampering" and made the decision to leave their packs because they spent two days "lugging them up this God forsaken valley".

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025

Henley’s current lawyer, Dan Petrocelli, said in an emailed statement that the attorney-client privilege that had previously shielded some of the communications “is a foundational guardrail in our justice system” that should rarely be forsaken.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

An older woman looks at him and straightaway diagnoses his problem: “Have you forsaken your soul?” she asks.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

It was dreary and wearisome: Cold clammy winter still held sway in this forsaken country.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

"I think Cam is a one-major guy if you go to LIV because you are forsaking your competitiveness for money," Clayton told me in 2023.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

Gov. Gavin Newsom forsaking his office to run the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025

Even more than an internal feeling, truly great art produces new conversations, and this one about how to create without forsaking yourself in the process is only just beginning.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025

Now, 108 years later, the latest incarnation of that league – the PAC 12 – may be fading into sports history as Washington joins several other universities in forsaking the venerable West Coast athletic collective.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

“We are not forsaking you, mama,” Andrew said.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya