Sentence examples for were abandoned to from inspiring English sources

After her death the boys were abandoned to die in a river.

The Qing had little use for the walls, which were abandoned to the elements.

"Decent middle-class lives with wives and children were abandoned to pursue this elusive possibility.

The peacekeepers were withdrawn and the Lebanese people were abandoned to their fate.

During most of human existence, children like Ashley were abandoned to become prey to wolves and jackals.

This policy, coupled with Romania's poverty, meant that more and more unwanted children were abandoned to state care.

But she is abandoned to laughter.

Now areas have been abandoned to dereliction.

He and his neighbours had been abandoned to their fate.

Flowering clematises will be abandoned to the elements.

The alternative to euro-zone diktat is being abandoned to the market.