given over to
Example Sentences
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We call the deep, folded valleys of West Dorset “coombes,” a topography often too steep for tractors; too awkward to be given over to large-scale arable farming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
"Do not let your lands be pillaged... or your homes given over to the invaders," he said on social media.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
There is a larger room in the England hotel set aside for the captain, which Stokes has not given over to Pope.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
Some of his notes are literally scrawled on the back—the verso in artistic terms—of the art, while others were clearly composed and submitted when the pieces were given over to the Navy.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025
Now, I am not generally given over to excitement, but Neutral Milk Hotel sort of changed my life.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
