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Sentence count:214+26Posted:2016-09-23Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: derelictSimilar words: abandonhand onoff and ondepend onone dayabatecombinedgrainedMeaning: [-nd]  adj. 1. forsaken by owner or keeper 2. free from constraint. 
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151. I could feel the sad power of disintegration: husbands gone off, wives abandoned, children baffled.
152. They abandoned the principle for the council tax, so no argument in principle remains.
153. But the plaintiffs, local authorities and anti-nuclear associations must have abandoned hope of success long ago.
154. Your mother, abandoned by your unknown father, had the job of bringing you up on her own.
155. When this need is not met, a woman may feel abandoned, lonely, and insecure.
156. At three in the morning, she abandoned any hope of getting to sleep.
157. There was another abandoned car by the side of the road.
158. The self-control she exercised when awake was abandoned by her in sleep, her body breaking loose to admit her confusion.
159. At that late stage they abandoned a kick-and-chase policy and began moving the ball.
160. After discreet soundings, they prudently abandoned the idea, which would have involved a major encroachment upon judicial independence.
161. Isabel abandoned the attempt and fought to regain her control instead.
162. It abandoned incomes policy in the private sector, seeking only to keep pay increases to public employees tightly under control.
163. For several blissful seconds she abandoned herself to his kiss, and to all the incredible, startling sensations exploding inside her.
164. Sarah had abandoned her child, she couldn't want her back now.
165. Four other abandoned children whose final days had not been as comfortable were buried that same day.
166. She had abandoned all hope of getting her contract down in black and white!
167. Jess abandoned all idea of water and ran out along the path and through the gateway with Salt limping behind.
168. In reality it was simply a recognition that the government had abandoned any serious attempt to keep monetary growth within targets.
169. After throwing things around in a very haphazard fashion she finally abandoned her search.
170. By the 1990s, large and institutional investors had abandoned the search for security and demanded instead fat returns on investments.
171. My sister abandoned her husband and three children and went to live in Holland.
172. All attempts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict have now been abandoned.
173. Helen watched my grandmother with a peculiar horror, for my grandmother had abandoned all attempts to make herself presentable.
174. No clients of Engel and Rudman have abandoned their insurance policies.
175. First introduced in 1989, Adopt-a-Pet aims to highlight the plight of abandoned animals and encourage more responsible pet ownership.
176. Perhaps the engine of an abandoned car will start or a hot-air balloon will materialize.
177. So Snow White must fend for herself when she is abandoned by the hunter in the forest.
178. What puzzles most researchers is just why the area in southwestern Colorado was abruptly abandoned by its ancient citizenry.
179. With a sense of relief I abandoned my idea of escape.
180. Further attempts to fight the fire were abandoned as thick acrid smoke filled the department.
More similar words: abandonhand onoff and ondepend onone dayabatecombinedgraineda bad eggdatabaseunabatedhave a ballbandbanold-fashionedCubanurbanbanquethusbandbankerdonebankingsuburbandonorbe concerned abouthold ondone infeed onpardondonate
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