Sentences with abandon
a·ban·don
A a - He claimed that his parents had abandoned him. [VERB noun]
- The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food. [VERB noun]
- We were taking more water and so after half an hour or so, we worked out that we had to abandon the vessel.
- Last week, the international soprano Dawn Upshaw was forced to abandon her Australian tour after just one concert.
- Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea. [VERB noun]
- We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control. [V pron-refl to n]
- The Howard Government has urged North Korea to resume international negotiations to abandon its nuclear program.
- Many were being dumped before or during school holidays, when families were more willing to abandon their pets rather than pay for boarding.
- He has spent money with gay abandon.
- To abandon a baby
- Retailers and governments should abandon plans to phase out plastic shopping bags by 2008, according to a Productivity Commission report.
- SYNONYMY NOTE: abandon implies leaving a person or thing, either as a final, necessary measure [to abandon a drought area] or as a complete rejection of one's responsibilities, claims, etc. [she abandoned her child]; desert1 emphasizes leaving in willful violation, as of one's obligation or oath [the soldier deserted his post]; forsake stresses renouncing a person or thing formerly dear to one [to forsake one's friends or ideals]; quit, basically implying to leave or give up, is now commonly used to mean stop [she quit her job]
- To abandon a habit
- To abandon office
- To abandon a job
- She danced with abandon
- To abandon all hope
- To shout in wild abandon
- ~ a ship~ a property~ a vehicle
- In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. [ …] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.
- To abandon one's farm; to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship.
- To abandon a research project; to abandon hopes for a stage career.
- To abandon a city to an enemy army.
- To abandon oneself to grief.
- To dance with reckless abandon.