Sentence examples for I was given up from inspiring English sources

She was 13 when pregnant with me and I was given up for adoption.

I am a pre-teen, native Washingtonian carrying my own odd and extreme alienation, the unrelenting sensation of being an outsider due to the fact that I was given up at birth and am not a biological relative to my family, but am now bearing witness to my adopted brother two years ahead of me, in the throes of adolescence and fully miserable.

Was that the reason why I was given up?

At one point, I was giving up".

I was giving up at first.

Just as I was giving up hope, Gervais appeared.

"I said I was giving up many times.

I didn't feel that I was giving up anything.

I suppose I was giving up functionality in some areas so I could perform in others.

The "or" is what I was giving up by settling down.

"I knew what I was giving up," he said of that time.