Sentence examples for deserted it in from inspiring English sources

The Conservatives, the dominant party of 20th-century Britain, have been casting about for a new definition to woo back the voters of Middle England who flocked to the party when its leader was Margaret Thatcher, but deserted it in 1997 and again in 2001 for the restyled New Labor Party of Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The voters who embody Mexico's future -- the young, the educated, the skilled and the middle-class -- deserted it in July.

NatWest was also under pressure to acknowledge defeat as key shareholders deserted it in favor of the Royal Bank takeover offer.

The great danger is that the ministers who launched the campaign may desert it in its hour of need.

The coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs deserting it in anger and other allies pulling out as well.... Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world.

Is being a bank management trainee or a brokerage trainee really such a noble calling that people deserve castigation for deserting it in favor of a life of leisure?

The New York Times reported in 2009 that Windows Mobile "is foundering", as cellphone makers desert it in favor of Google's Android phone platform.

But the lesson is: if something gets you really psyched--even if it's off the beaten path--you don't have to desert it in favor of the 'safe' route.

While the area is now deserted, it "was alive with people in the Pharaonic era," says Darnell.

And, as I said earlier, the movie's sureness of tone deserts it in the final ten minutes, where the script finally turns too self-referential for its own good and thuds off to its happy ending.

"When you grow up in the desert, it's in your blood," Smith says.