Sentence examples for were abandoning from inspiring English sources
noun
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
It felt like we were abandoning them.
One by one, her colleagues were abandoning the patients.
Complaints were rife and people were abandoning the service.
Within minutes, hundreds of workers were abandoning their posts.
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and NikkoCiti said in a joint statement that they were abandoning the deal.
Among their complaints was that the studio's animated films were abandoning their "family values" tradition.
At one point in 2009, more Afghan soldiers were abandoning the army than joining it.
By 2013, US oil giants were abandoning their Polish shale plays.
But, after NAFTA, Democrats became sensitive to the charge that they were abandoning their roots.
They rejected the idea that they were abandoning their civic duty.
And now Britain had finally conceded defeat, and the last of George III's troops were abandoning New York.
