Sentence examples for Abandoning something from inspiring English sources

People are always abandoning something; they feel they haven't been allowed to grow.

Is it worth abandoning something of substance for something that may mean nothing, that is a frivolous, transient massaging of ego?

Blincoe and Thorne, by contrast, are too poor too young; paddling in remnants, they are incuriously abandoning something they did not possess anyway.

Is it worth abandoning something of substance for something that is a frivolous, transient massaging of ego? Hearing that he had been unfaithful once infected all our preceding years together and left me sore, raw and smarting until a long time later.

Whatever is true, none of these would be good enough reasons for the waste of money and effort in abandoning something of direct benefit to the impoverished districts whose betterment is so often invoked as the reason for holding the Olympics.

But I'm a little suspicious that we're not using the previous bill as a basis [for the reauthorization], abandoning something that people have put a lot of work into and that stakeholders have had a chance to provide input on.

How could anyone abandon something so precious?

It's painful to abandon something.

Generally, yes — legally you can't abandon something by mistake.

Though he might also say it's O.K. to abandon something that really doesn't work.

If you just abandon something, and then start from scratch, and it happens to work out, fantastic.