Sentence examples for were often abandoned from inspiring English sources

Mestizo children, the issue of Spanish and Indian parents, were often abandoned.

Children were often abandoned, and in the past they were sometimes killed at birth.

The reports characterize the laboratory as a place where sound scientific research and practices were often abandoned for convenience.

Aid agencies and ­international creditors donated and lent millions for projects that were often abandoned before completion, or never even started.

Most do not know their true date of birth, as they were often abandoned by parents who could no longer afford to feed them.

Wright vividly depicts the grubby heartlessness of Caroline theatre: boy actors were as much commodities as today's soccer stars, had a short theatrical life and were often abandoned by their families.

These changes meant that the networks were often abandoning their expectation of vast profits from the "back end" — the sale of a hit show into syndication — although they began to recoup by selling DVDs of shows like "24" and "The Office".

Abandoned buildings are often abandoned for a good reason; they may be structurally unsound, weather or water damaged, infested with insects, rodents, birds or even bats.

That athlete is often abandoned.

Debates in parliament are often abandoned because of poor attendance.

The crews are often abandoned on a remote beach.