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forsaken

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verb

past participle of forsake

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for forsaken
Verb
  • In April 2023, Blue Island leveled another complaint against the nonprofit asking a judge to declare the property in violation of the city’s building codes, dangerous, unsafe and abandoned, court records show.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • They were abandoned in 1959 when outpaced by technology.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On his release, Stern went on to spend the 1950s ping-ponging between New York and California, for a time living on a disused laundry barge in Sausalito.
    News Desk, Artforum, 3 Mar. 2025
  • One of the most powerful scenes in Sugarcane takes place in a disused barn where, over a period of decades, Indigenous children worked under the lash.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • When The Last of Us premiered back in 2023, there was massive chatter surrounding Pascal and his penchant for rescuing desolate children in TV shows.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 25 May 2025
  • See a camera operator following Snook to a desolate corner?
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • Two local guys had the idea of turning the derelict elevated railroad tracks into a garden walkway—the High Line.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • In a city that hit its 175th birthday in February, there are many derelict or underutilized buildings, particularly on the grid.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
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“Forsaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forsaken. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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