Sentence examples for for forsaking from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, the rest of Italy despised the director for forsaking their favourite actress, Anna Magnani, the star of Rome, Open City, for Ingrid Bergman.

He hadn't told his employers that the book was in the works, and, to add further insult, he attacks unnamed party leaders in its pages for forsaking conservative principles.

Unearthing a stash of the all-spice-size, violet-blue berries from the back of the spice cabinet, we can be forgiven for forsaking culinary pursuits in favor of a nice, stiff drink.

In a defining moment of Tropicália (and not long after Bob Dylan was called "Judas" for forsaking his acoustic guitar), Veloso, aged 25, with big hair and a bright orange turtleneck, was booed by leftwing students on live TV for singing Alegria, Alegria (Joy, Joy) to the backing of an Argentinian rock-band.

What is the incentive for forsaking the stuff if the individual is not going to be held accountable?

In pushing for an ever-bigger dole and in using the UN stage as a megaphone to help elicit sympathy, drum up funds, denounce Israel and drape in UN baby blue the interests and demands of the Iranian-backed terrorists of Hamas, they do a terrible disservice not only to the cause of world peace, but to the prospects of the Palestinians themselves for forsaking terror and building better lives.

I hit my limit last night, the cable, broadcast and magazine folks seemingly unable to fix a good look at Obama's historic achievement for fear of forsaking their narcotic fixation on the Hillary-Barack soap opera.

Peggy Noonan even mused that Mr. Bush should show his affinity for Latinos by forsaking Hiltons and Four Seasons when in California to stay instead in "little hotels in the barrio".

Mr. Thurmond condemned the Democratic Party for "leading the evolution of our country to a socialistic dictatorship," for having "forsaken the people to become the party of minority groups, power-hungry union leaders, political bosses and big businessmen looking for government contracts and favors," for invading "the private lives of the people" and for supporting "judicial tyranny".

Muhammad praised them highly for having forsaken their native city and following him and promised that God would favour them.

And Science's neuroscience writer Emily Underwood nabbed an honorable mention for "Rats forsake chocolate to save a drowning companion," a story that showed that even rodents have a well-developed sense of empathy.