Sentence examples for allowed to abandon from inspiring English sources

A voice over the tannoy blared that people were not allowed to abandon the train.

Wimbledon fan Alex Folkes said football clubs were a vital part of the community and should not be allowed to abandon their areas.

Actors who burned their fingers were allowed to abandon the field: after that regrettable Irish lilt in Far and Away, Cruise, alone among the cast of Valkyrie, didn't even try to sound German.

She was not allowed to abandon hope, not through the years of pain and physical therapy that reduced the paralysis to a lurching limp, thanks to a device she was recently fitted for -- "an electronic doohickey, my own little miracle".

In the 1998 Lords debate on the family law bill, he advocated that a man should not be allowed to abandon his wife in favour of a "little floosie".

Though many of the racing supporters acknowledge that the sport cannot survive financially on its own, they argue that operations like Bluffs Run should not be allowed to abandon dog racing for greater profits after using it as justification to expand into other forms of gambling.

He tried to invoke an escape hatch that would have allowed WPP to abandon the deal.

A hundred years ago, a new network - the electric grid - allowed people to abandon their private waterwheels and steam engines.

But the most exhilarating intoxicants were the warmth and the fellow-feeling that allowed one to abandon chronic defenses against other people.

He was not required to be at every finish line — and the different vibe allowed him to abandon the zoom lenses and get close to his subjects, quite unlike the frenzied, hyper-competitive intensity of the regular Olympics.

But if a coach wants his players to perform with abandon, shouldn't they be allowed to speak with abandon?