Sentence examples for abandon behind from inspiring English sources

The phrase "abandon behind" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to express leaving something or someone behind, but it is not a standard expression.
Example: "They decided to abandon behind their old life and start anew."
Alternatives: "leave behind" or "forsake".

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Hollywood stars of yore fled to Palm Springs to escape the prying eyes of paparazzi and scandal-mongers; the resort quickly became known among the cognoscenti as a secluded getaway where celebrities living secret lives could party and play with abandon behind the high walls of exclusive hotels and estates.

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Two deserted sound stages and several small office buildings, with crumbling plaster, now sit abandoned behind an unmarked gate, just yards from a hectic boardwalk.

Abandoned behind railway fences, on the edge of playing fields, anonymously skirting business units, I found places I had never imagined possible, a parallel world.

Determined in "Night Train" to reclaim a set of golf clubs abandoned behind enemy lines, they both embody and satirize the spirit that allowed Britain to stand up to the Blitz, which began with the bombing of London a week after the film's British premiere.

After a stand-off between the Royal Ulster Constabulary and residents of a Catholic neighbourhood, Private Hook is abandoned behind enemy lines, and at the mercy of extremists on both sides.

Oxfam, Save the Children, Cafod, Christian Aid, Muslim Hands and others are right to abandon the usual behind-the-scenes pressure and speak out publicly.

Some believed Piazza would be willing to abandon his spot behind the plate once he broke Fisk's record.

The failure of first-generation microbicides has led the field to largely abandon the strategy behind them: that HIV could be stopped by compounds, such as soaps, that disable the virus without specifically attacking it.

Last night, Google decided to temporarily abandon the principles behind its famously spartan homepage in favor of something a little different: a background image, which has been a design element present on rival search engine Bing since it launched.

Critics of No Child Left Behind want to abandon disabled children by counting them out of the push for higher standards.

'I ended up feeling really abandoned, left behind.

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