Sentence examples for to abandon at from inspiring English sources

We had prepared a meticulous birth plan that we had to abandon at every single stage.

Earlier this month Mr Lee felt he had to abandon at the last minute a landmark intelligence-sharing deal with Japan because of fears it would revive criticism of Japan's colonial legacy.

After Washington made his "Atlanta Compromise" address in 1895, calling for blacks to concentrate on achieving technical proficiency and to abandon, at least for the time being, the struggle for political and social equality, Hope and W.E.B.

It's not a part I can choose to abandon at will; the dichotomy of heritage and hate are foreign to me – they are as intertwined as my genetic structure and indelibly woven into my story.

A mere 12 league goals have been scored at home while the total draw tally stands at 14. Before travelling to Hull Poyet said he had been forced to abandon, at least temporarily, his attempt to create a "brand Sunderland" by imbuing the team with a Spanish-style short-passing, ultra-patient, possession-based game.

That movie, you may recall, was the one Farrow declined to abandon at the request of her then husband, Sinatra, and on the set of which he served her with divorce papers – although, as she now tells Vanity Fair: "We never really split up".

Here's a human being that needed us at that point and we were not, under any circumstances, going to abandon him at that point.

But Mr Tsipras is wrong to abandon reform at home.

"I'm sure the outside world does not want China to abandon North Korea at this moment.

Only Mr. Tardi has decided to abandon restaurants, at least for the short term.

The crew made plans to stay on the ship overnight and to abandon it at 8am this morning.