Sentence examples for abandon his post from inspiring English sources

The guardsman protested that his job was to protect the crowd — he could not abandon his post.

The guardsman protested that his job was to protect the crowd he could not abandon his post.

Mr. Dumas, who was forced to abandon his post as president of France's Constitutional Council last year, said nothing to reporters as he arrived at the courtroom.

David Cameron becomes prime minister for 20 days, and is forced to abandon his post after engaging in an unspeakably grotesque act.

He admitted that even though he admired the idea of the new university, he would be unlikely to abandon his post at M.I.T. to move to Saudi Arabia.

While killing a penalty, the Czech defenseman Pavel Kubina had to abandon his post in front of the net to retrieve his headgear, which had come off in a collision.

He abandoned his post and quietly served his sentence.

Even his army chief of staff abandoned his post, to seek refuge with South African diplomats.

Twelve minutes later, the latter also abandoned his post, with about 300 passengers still on board.

"A deposed president neither resigns nor abandons his post; he is deposed," Mr. Mahuad said.

By February 12th, the day after Hosni Mubarak had abandoned his post as president, the paper was singing a new tune.