How to Use abandonment in a Sentence
abandonment
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Parental abandonment is passed down, learned.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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But what felt like freedom to me felt like abandonment to the others.
—Kelly Martens-Crompvoets, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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Those comments can lead to a change in terms or an abandonment of the agreement.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
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Raskin said the focus on the group was an abandonment of the program’s goals.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 9 Nov. 2025
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Cart abandonment rates are unlikely to fall on their own.
—Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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Trump’s abandonment of Means comes as no surprise.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
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And then there’s kind of like an abandonment that happens, and others are tasked to take care of the mess.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
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Parental abandonment is a consistent theme across these books.
—Vulture, 27 Sep. 2022
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Two others were each charged with abandonment of a corpse and later released.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
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And what that does is increase the chance of abandonment, which is people clicking out.
—Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 16 July 2024
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The abandonment of flight or flight, in favor of acceptance and ease.
—Nicole Gull McElroy, Fortune Well, 22 Feb. 2023
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Devin’s fear is his own self-sabotage, and Jenn’s is a fear of abandonment.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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The author means this in the larger sense of abandonment—of a parent, of a friend, or even of a boss.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
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Call abandonment rates dropped from 48% to 22%.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
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Torture, abuse, abandonment; too many pictures, too much pain.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
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Walking out feels like abandonment.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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And abandonment isn’t always the best way to manage fires, either.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
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And her sister Mae had flown the coop, so to speak, which left her with strong feelings of abandonment.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
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Business abandonment often comes down to a lack of planning, and a rush to bring an idea to market.
—Jason Cross, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
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He was charged with endangerment or abandonment of a child and has pleaded not guilty.
—Rachel Wolf , Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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The abandonment, the carefreeness of the kids in the film is something that eluded me.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 19 May 2024
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Kids end up in foster care due to neglect, abuse or abandonment by their parents or caregivers.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 24 June 2026
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So much of what Paige is navigating is this sense of abandonment.
—Max Gao, Variety, 23 July 2024
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White says the abandonment was impulsive but also years in the making.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 17 Feb. 2026
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Fears of abandonment and of rejection are two of his strongest triggers.
—Rebecca Erly, New York Times, 3 July 2023
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Bar David said the abandonment of the hostages needs to stop and Israel needs to go back to normal.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 1 Sep. 2024
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The law was intended to reduce the risk of harm or abandonment by parents who may be in crisis.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
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This opened decades of abandonment for left-behind spirits to haunt the property.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
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The first step to overcoming a fear of abandonment can look like opening up to your partner about your concerns.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
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Fear of abandonment is fairly common.
—Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 9 Mar. 2026
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