Sentence examples for been given up for from inspiring English sources

She noticed that some reefs that had been given up for dead were bouncing back.

Yes, ours are waning skills in industries that have been given up for dead.

We cleared several acres of counter space that had been given up for lost.

As recently as two years ago, T-Mobile had all but been given up for dead.

"The statue had been given up for lost after being stolen in 1988," said general Pasquale Muggeo, head of the carabinieri art division.

Several buildings nearby had been given up for lost: artists had already been commissioned to draw imitation facades tacked on to the front.

The child was given up for adoption.

The baby was given up for adoption.

How her grandmother was given up for adoption.

(The two other children were daughters and were given up for adoption).

The fourth-rounder was given up for Campbell, who now becomes expendable.