Sentence examples for had been given up from inspiring English sources

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

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

"If slavery had been given up in a more peaceful way, America would be far ahead today".

They cringed at the thought that a child who had been given up by one set of parents would be abandoned by another.

The team's offense has instead been led by three players who had been given up on by other clubs: James Loney, Kelly Johnson and Luke Scott.

Mr. Jobs had been given up for adoption as an infant by his biological parents, Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah Jandali, known as John.

defense had been giving up per game (83).

The Cardinals failed to score against a defense that had been giving up 28.4 points a game.

Manny Fernandez shut out the Predators last week and had been giving up just a league-best 1.74 goals per game.

"Rome was not demolished in a day.... Rimbaud had been giving up different kinds of writing ever since he began to write".

Retail analysts and consultants said weak chains that had been giving up market share include the department stores Bon-Ton and Gottschalks and the discounter Stein Mart.