forsaken

Example Sentences

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Now that they’ve forsaken the last obstacle to selling out entirely, they will likely lose many more.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2025

He goes on to say they were "looking forward to a day scampering" and made the decision to leave their packs because they spent two days "lugging them up this God forsaken valley".

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

Henley’s current lawyer, Dan Petrocelli, said in an emailed statement that the attorney-client privilege that had previously shielded some of the communications “is a foundational guardrail in our justice system” that should rarely be forsaken.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Los Angeles 2043: Imagine a metropolis where many people have forsaken cars in favor of e-bikes, robo-taxis and public transit.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2023

I often heard my grandfather quote Psalm 37:25 when he spoke of his family: “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry