Sentence examples for were deserted from inspiring English sources

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were deserted

verb

To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.

  • You can't just drive off and desert me here, in the middle of nowhere.

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They were deserted.

Many stations were deserted.

Usually busy streets were deserted.

Once-popular destinations were deserted.

The fortified ramparts were deserted.

Shops and bars were deserted.

Later, cities grew, and farms were deserted.

In Dallas, the streets were deserted at 10 PM.

The streets were deserted and shops shut early.

I could find a place; there were deserted places.

The swings on the De Beauvoir estate were deserted, rejected.

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