How to Use abandon in a Sentence

abandon

1 of 2 verb
  • They abandoned the car on a back road.
  • That house was abandoned years ago.
  • She abandoned the party not long after the election.
  • The officer refused to abandon his post.
  • The approaching fire forced hundreds of people to abandon their homes.
  • The policy abandons the most vulnerable members of society.
  • There are too many abandoned places around the world to count.
    Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 18 July 2017
  • Now is not the time to cash out and abandon your career.
    Robin Ryan, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • But the thing to do is to lean into the facts and the science and not abandon them in a panic.
    NBC News, 9 Jan. 2022
  • One thing the park wants to make clear: It is not abandoned.
    Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 30 Mar. 2018
  • What no one told her is that it had been abandoned for eight years.
    Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2019
  • And those words, in the process, abandon hope that his death might lead to a more just world.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 2 June 2020
  • Of a handful of cases brought in the past, most have been abandoned.
    New York Times, 28 June 2018
  • That means Thor will have to abandon them for some reason in the movie.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 27 June 2022
  • Could a charter school abandon its students in the middle of the school year?
    Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Bligh’s car was found abandoned the day after the fire.
    Fox News, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The car was found abandoned near a laundromat about a mile from the shooting.
    Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 31 Mar. 2018
  • The film is, in part, about women abandoned by their men.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Yet abandon all hope, ye who grasp for a plotline to hold on to here.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2022
  • Fishbach didn’t have to abandon the state to learn the full range of ob-gyn care.
    Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 20 June 2023
  • But their failures do not provide the rest of the world with an excuse to abandon us.
    Aya Maria Rouhana, CNN, 21 Sep. 2021
  • And that's not the only scary movie abandoning you this fall.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2017
  • But a hoof got caught in the fence; the panther had to abandon the animal and flee.
    Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2021
  • In the first, Bryant was angry at the game for abandoning him.
    Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 12 July 2018
  • Did everyone just abandon ship and leave the actors to it?
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Bacchus is named for the Roman god of wine and abandon.
    Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Those owners would have to abandon their homes, or sell them for cheap.
    New York Times, 20 May 2021
  • Neighbors abandoned their cars and fled to safety on foot.
    Miguel Almaguer, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • More and more doctors will be driven to abandon the program.
    Michael Tanner, National Review, 19 July 2017
  • This can lead customers to abandon their carts and go elsewhere.
    Steve Banker, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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abandon

2 of 2 noun
  • The name of the tour is meant to inspire joyous abandon.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 17 June 2019
  • The new songs mix and match ideas with a joyful abandon.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2021
  • So go ahead, backflip off of the cruise ship with abandon.
    Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • His buttcheeks hung out from under the flaps of the skirt with reckless abandon.
    Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Simmons drove the lane with abandon — and no one fouled him hard.
    Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • The chorus hook captures the joy of the last day of school with the youthful abandon required.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2022
  • More past-their-prime shows should jump the shark with such wild abandon.
    Time, 22 July 2019
  • The offense went full smash-mouth and ran the ball with reckless abandon.
    Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Keep the jar or container in the fridge and use it with reckless abandon.
    Haneen J. Iqbal, Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Ever been to a concert and just danced around with abandon?
    NBC News, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Katie trashes herself and the suite with equal abandon.
    David Coddon, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • There’s no catch and no need for a code, so go ahead and add to your cart with abandon.
    The Cut, 12 June 2018
  • Think of them as leafy greens and use them abundantly, and with abandon.
    Martha Holmberg, The Denver Post, 15 July 2019
  • But the revelers stayed near the beach, tore through the streets and partied with reckless abandon.
    Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • There will be the woman that has complete reckless abandon and will let her fire roar and shine.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Briones chews up the scenery with wild abandon as the slightly unhinged Hanover.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Bougainvillea spills over red-tiled roofs with unchecked abandon.
    Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022
  • The moms fist-pumped and gyrated with abandon throughout the concert.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • She’s used that skill in my defense with reckless abandon.
    Harmonyholiday, Longreads, 6 June 2019
  • That spirit of on-the-fly abandon was pervasive throughout the set.
    Chris Nashawaty, SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The paintings on thick wool felt no longer have the hallucinogenic abandon of those shown here a few years ago.
    Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • As a true freshman last spring, fun came from reckless abandon.
    Tyson Alger, OregonLive.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Few have leaned in with such naked abandon as Bruno Le Maire.
    Sam Schechner, WSJ, 30 May 2023
  • The son would seize upon such choices with wild abandon. . . .
    Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The innocent girl, once abandoned, grew to sing with abandon.
    Leah Eskin, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Tourists itching to go to Japan may not be able to pack their bags with complete carefree abandon yet.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
  • As Fizdale saw it, what the Grizz needed was greater abandon.
    Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • And together, their joyful abandon took them over that edge.
    Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Shale companies pumped with abandon anytime oil prices rose sharply last decade.
    Collin Eaton, WSJ, 9 July 2021
  • And high school teacher friends report their students are using them with abandon.
    CBS News, 4 June 2017

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