abandoned

Example Sentences

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Two years after a newborn baby was found abandoned on a freezing winter's night, London police look set to shelve their investigation despite having discovered that she is the sibling of two other foundlings.

From Barron's

It was three o’clock, and we were about two miles from Jenkintown, tucked into an abandoned shack in the woods along Shady Oak Lane.

From Literature

Skeptics say the investment pledges underpinning the agreements are often built on existing investment plans and could easily be abandoned without consequence.

From The Wall Street Journal

Whatever it was Amorim was constructing, the project has now been abandoned.

From BBC

The trend has also led police forces to appeal to parents to warn their children of the dangers of going into abandoned buildings.

From BBC