forsaken

Example Sentences

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Me, I take the subway — and all the way in the back of the garden, next to the Jeep, Hector Guimard’s circa-1900 entrance to the Paris Métro lurks like a forsaken urban alternative.

From New York Times

With his interplay of light, movement and sound, Zhou choreographs grand emotions and stirring pathos: the rage of a woman scorned, the desperation of a protective mother, the lost innocence of a forsaken child.

From New York Times

“Jerusalem cannot be forsaken or abandoned. You can’t surrender to the fait accompli that Israel tries to impose on Jerusalem.”

From New York Times

Courageous women who have risen up against these discriminatory laws and have subsequently been arrested and imprisoned cannot but feel forsaken by the international community.

From Washington Post

I suspect that many people have only a mild preference for disabling the cameras — and now some of these students have forsaken that preference to further the communal good.

From Washington Post