Sentence examples for generally abandon from inspiring English sources

He entered the record books in 1957 by conducting the longest filibuster ever on the Senate floor, a speech that lasted 24 hours and 18 minutes, in an effort to block a civil-rights act.Unlike Mr Maddox, Mr Thurmond saw the way events were going and later started to take blacks on to his staff, back them for federal judgeships and generally abandon his previous racial attitudes.

All respondents (N = 185) were further asked why people generally abandon treatment after 3 days.

After 1910 Art Nouveau appeared old-fashioned and limited and was generally abandoned as a distinct decorative style.

By the 1970s, systems approaches to domestic politics were criticized and generally abandoned as unverifiable abstractions of little explanatory or predictive power.

The discussions centered on the way the broadcast networks have generally abandoned Saturday night, filling it with repeats because ratings on that night have been too low to sustain the high costs of original programs.

The culture has gone against the religious right during the past decade, so decisively that in this campaign even the candidate of the conservative grass roots, Ted Cruz, has generally abandoned the banner of the culture wars.

In the era when leading artists had generally abandoned naturalism, it was understandable that makers of more realistic images would step into the breach to meet the continuing demand for traditional representation.

Lorrie Shepard, dean of the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder, said such programs were generally abandoned after students failed to show significant academic gains and often developed a worse attitude toward school.

The church affirmed religious liberty, condemned anti-Semitism, highlighted common ground with other Christians, recognized godly elements in non-Christian religions and generally abandoned a centuries-old embattled stance toward modernity for one emphasizing dialogue and shared struggles for human dignity.

Previously, the hole sections which could not be stimulated due to casing deformation were generally abandoned.

That's because the mainstream media generally abandons quaint notions of balance and objectivity when reporting on Venezuela.