abandon
Example Sentences
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‘We found him abandoned on the streets a few weeks ago and took him in. He hasn’t learned all his manners yet.’
From Literature
The insurers’ inflow of payments for new policies slowed alongside a “material increase” in existing customers who were abandoning or cashing out policies, AM Best said.
From Barron's
Boylan himself called in a Mayday at 3:14 a.m. and jumped overboard, which prosecutors described as abandoning ship.
From Los Angeles Times
But after two months and just over 30 concert performances, their major U.S. tour was abandoned.
Over the last year, the number of asylum cases marked “abandoned” has doubled.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
