cast away
Example Sentences
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What should have been a unique way for “Supergirl” to remark on the infantilization projected onto so many women superheroes is cast away as a joke so lame it doesn’t even deserve to be finished.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
COSTNER: When they weren’t useful, they were just cast away.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2024
The sense is that Sophia has been banished or cast away.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
Why did that song survive when other ones got cast away?
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2022
‘One who cannot cast away a treasure at need is in fetters. You did rightly.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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