forsake

Example Sentences

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But Iran's governing football body has accused Australia of kidnapping the players and forcing them to forsake their home nation against their will.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

I can’t be the only 57-year-old who would forsake both for six uninterrupted hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

As a single mom of three children, she’ll gladly forsake the arduous cross-country commute to Washington, and also looks forward to being around when her kids get home from school.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024

Adult men should survive without requiring women to forsake our own goals and desires in order to serve them.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2024

But in Moria the burden of Gandalf had been laid on him; and he knew that he could not now forsake the Ring, if Frodo refused in the end to go with Boromir.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien