Sentence examples for I abandoned a from inspiring English sources

I abandoned a lot of grad student habits: what sort of research should I do?

To the Editor: I abandoned a career in teaching in part because I had no desire to be part of the surveillance state.

It's almost as if I abandoned a family of music when I went to jazz and then came back to revisit what I loved".

I abandoned a leisure trip from Tucson to southwest Florida last month because I wasn't willing to pay a fare that was twice what I paid in past years.

I abandoned a clunky desktop model long ago for a Dell laptop that offers almost all the advantages of an iMac or its emulators but has three features iMacs don't: a built-in battery backup, a built-in pointing device and the ability to be folded up and stuffed in a desk drawer or suitcase in a matter of seconds.

I knew I was on the right track when I abandoned a big day to coast into the town of Twizel just because a beautiful Bavarian named Marina said I should -- no plans, no structure.

While I eventually abandoned a career-path in the political arena, I never forgot the important lessons I learned from my boss Patsy Guyer, Executive Assistant to former Senator J. Bennett Johnston (LA).

I used to have a lucky hairband and a lucky penny but I abandoned them a couple of years ago when I thought I didn't actually need them.

I'd abandoned a small town in the hills of West Virginia and left my apprehensions behind, or so I thought.

Where the Heart Is Abandoned in an Oklahoma Wal-Mart parking lot by her boyfriend, the destitute unwed mother-to-be Novalee Nation Natalie Portmann) starts living in the store, borrowing whatever consumer items she needs.

So, as trivial as my personal spending is to an airline, I may have been unwittingly sending two clear signals last month when I abandoned plans for a leisure trip and a business trip.