Sentence examples for basically give up from inspiring English sources

The Soviets, basically, give up.

Brice doesn't fit the mould of a vaudeville beauty; her mother and aunts sing to her, "If a girl isn't pretty, like a Miss Atlantic City" … then, basically, give up.

But believe it or not, the most stressful part, besides the fact that you're working nights and weekends and you basically give up your life for a career in sports, is that I'm responsible for buying food for the staff on game days.

To date, she has paid more than 7,000 people, mostly women, to basically give up their fertility.

This is stuff for children -- who hasn't been told at some point that it's time for them to grow up, face reality, and basically give up a long-cherished desire?

We'd get behind in so many games by 10 points or more in the first quarter and guys would start hanging their heads and basically give up.

"I basically gave up on acting because trying to get an agent was impossible.

"Now they're actually going right into the space that they basically gave up to the imports 30 years ago.

By Sunday morning, Yankees reliever Dave Robertson had basically given up on making his first All-Star team.

At 50, he had basically given up trying to socialize and was trapped in an unhappy marriage.

"It was a very difficult and low-yielding synthesis, and they basically gave up," Dr. Carlson said.