forsake

Everything clicked for the Beatles after the well-tailored Epstein convinced his wards to forsake Hamburg leather for matching suits in 1962.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

“You don’t have to forsake your life to make great stuff.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

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

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2024

“I knew you wouldn’t forsake me just when I need you most.”

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

In the process, Serse forsakes his betrothed, Amastre, who spends much of the opera fulminating while dressed as a man.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2022

We agreed to disagree that my favorite Nolan film, “Interstellar,” forsakes emotion for an intricate plot.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2020

John Ford’s account of an idealistic doctor who forsakes personal wealth to find a cure for the bubonic plague.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2020

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

I was part of that generation of Latinos who forsook the Republican Party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

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

Mr. Greenberger’s title poses the question: Why has Morris been forsaken?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Even though the tournament ended only three days ago, the soccer paraphernalia feels like a forsaken Christmas tree wilting in February.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

It’s a fleeting tableau, but it reveals the whole story: even the most forsaken creation reaches for connection the moment he’s given something warm to hold in his hands.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 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

“Even if I make the potion,” Petroc said, “I can’t administer it. D’you understand me? It needs to be heated by dryad fire, and there are—you may have noticed—no dryads on this forsaken island.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

"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

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

Even so, losing her voice didn’t mean forsaking her songwriting, a talent that led to a resourceful strategy for a comeback.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

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