Sentence examples for abandon dinner from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "abandon dinner" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of leaving or giving up on a dinner event or meal, often implying that one is no longer participating or has decided to leave.
Example: "After the argument, she decided to abandon dinner and left the table."
Alternatives: "skip dinner" or "leave dinner".

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By the end of the song, more than a dozen guests abandon dinner and leave the restaurant.

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(Plus, ouch!) I put the gas burner on low, abandoning dinner, and went to change my shirt in the bedroom.

I could see the abandoned dinner tables and the stone sculleries, the muddy boots on the doormat, the piles of newly opened letters on the sideboard, the silent men sitting in worn armchairs in the kitchen, watching television.

Everything has been up for sale, from dusty bureaus, abandoned dinner services and rusty watering cans -- the contents of its attic -- right down to a multimillion-dollar painting by Guercino.

They belonged to the members of the Cabinet and caused many to abandon their dinners and hunch overtheir Blackberrys, urgently discussing what to do next.

Former President George W. Bush provided fewer opportunities for the elite to demonstrate their eliteness by virtually abandoning state dinners, but there were invitations to his Texas ranch to clear brush, a dubious distinction, perhaps, during 100-degree Crawford summers.

They know about the callousness of Napps, leader of the three, who with Millet-Bass, an uncomplicated ox of a man, abandoned poor Dinners when supplies were running low and bad weather made rescue look impossible.

You'll pick up some tricks and eventually abandon those boxed dinners.

There was some spoiled fruit and a mold-covered room-service dinner abandoned in her room.

Before you know it, you are sneaking out of work early, or abandoning a family dinner, and heading for the first tee.

When I arrived at the clearing, having abandoned my solitary dinner, I found the corpse lying just as the young hunters had come upon it, supine, arms thrown up and to either side of the flayed face in a startled attitude that fuelled the hopes of poor Dr. Sauer that the victim's death by gunshot had preceded his mutilation.

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