Sentence examples for they forsook from inspiring English sources

But on Tuesday, the magnolia trees proved too much, so they forsook the commute.

But once puzzles and gaming went digital, once the industry's revenues rivaled Hollywood's, once children and adults became so absorbed that they forsook even television, then the activity was routinely denounced as "escapism" and an "addiction".

Humans, especially Americans with their technological hubris, were doomed to be punished unless they forsook gas-guzzlers, turned off the lights and toiled in their organic gardens — complete, of course, with compost heaps.

High-tempo virility has long been the badge English football likes to flash, but under Sven-Goran Eriksson they forsook that for set-piece opportunism, while under Steve McClaren they were plain confused.

Instead, we served as the weight that helped my parents understand this country – we forced them to learn English, as our Spanish waned; we translated documents that navigated them through this country's byzantine tax codes and healthcare system; we taught them enough American politics so that they forsook their conservative leanings every election year and voted Democrat (You're welcome, Hillary).

Which raises a heart-stirring question: If our parents left India and trudged westward for us, if they manufactured from scratch a new life there for us, if they slogged, saved, sacrificed to make our lives lighter than theirs, then what does it mean when we choose to migrate to the place they forsook?

In fact, they forsake Japan for China.

The state requires only that public schools emphasise abstinence, not that they forsake all other approaches.

Even when they forsake the past, they regret it in the end.

The gods of creativity bless you, they forsake you, it's out of your hands and whatnot.

The family was devastated by her death and they forsake their usual Christmas gatherings and other celebrations.