Sentence examples for literally abandoned from inspiring English sources

"I felt literally abandoned," he said.

So why has the haunted Tariq literally abandoned his taqiyah, or prayer cap?

"In certain instances, they have literally abandoned routes that they were running, and it falls to rural transit systems there to try and continue to provide service," said John McBeth, the president of the Texas Association for Community Transit.

"As a result of brainless politics, we literally abandoned this country, and we not only froze relations with it for 10 years, but nearly created an enemy on our borders," the Russian newspaper Konkurent quoted Mr. Nazdratenko as saying.

Of all the play's characters, the most sadly self-deluded may be Feers (beautifully played by Michael Gough), the family's loyal, tottering old butler who rues the day Russia liberated its serfs and who ends up literally abandoned by the family in its hasty departure.

All the conventional weapons stores were literally abandoned virtually overnight.

Ain't that a kick in the head: Lutalo Muhammad was leading in the men's -80kg taekwondo until – literally; abandon suspicions of hype – the final second.

Russia's legislature, often accused of metaphorically turning back the clock, has decided to do it literally – abandoning the policy of keeping the country on daylight-saving time all year.

(We also still think torture is OK). And the stories of released survivors have been – literally – discarded and abandoned: from the Maldives to Semy, Kazakhstan (Population: 300,000), the innocent are meant to depart as they arrived.

"Literally the town looked abandoned, like a ghost town.

Health and safety in the UK wouldn't allow it, but there, you're literally walking round an abandoned steel complex and seeing awesome bands.