abandoned

Example Sentences

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When Willy comes back from a quickly aborted road trip, he drives his car into an abandoned commercial garage, with pillars shedding tiles, gray lumps of detritus piled up, grimy windows letting in dim light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Tesla is reportedly considering adding a new, cheaper electric SUV to its lineup, years after it abandoned a similar effort.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

“A lot of the programs and community services and networks that the world relied on to deliver HIV/AIDS treatment and PrEP have been dismantled or abandoned for lack of funding for a year,” Maybarduk says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

They insist this is not their war and say they feel abandoned after Lebanese troops withdrew from several border points.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Jonah spit into the sink, bending low so she didn’t see how the word abandoned stabbed at him.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix