How to Use abandonment in a Sentence

abandonment

noun

• This is nothing short of an abandonment by The Times of a large part of the fabric of L.A.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
• Bar David said the abandonment of the hostages needs to stop and Israel needs to go back to normal.
  — Barak Ravid, Axios, 1 Sep. 2024
• The abandonment, the carefreeness of the kids in the film is something that eluded me.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 19 May 2024
• And then there’s kind of like an abandonment that happens, and others are tasked to take care of the mess.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Those comments can lead to a change in terms or an abandonment of the agreement.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• And her sister Mae had flown the coop, so to speak, which left her with strong feelings of abandonment.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
• The abandonment of flight or flight, in favor of acceptance and ease.
  — Nicole Gull McElroy, Fortune Well, 22 Feb. 2023
• Devin’s fear is his own self-sabotage, and Jenn’s is a fear of abandonment.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
• The film isn’t subtle about any of this: Explosions can be heard in the distance, herds of deer flee, and a sense of abandonment sets in.
  — Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2023
• And what that does is increase the chance of abandonment, which is people clicking out.
  — Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 16 July 2024
• Business abandonment often comes down to a lack of planning, and a rush to bring an idea to market.
  — Jason Cross, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• His pride quickly gave way to a feeling of abandonment.
  — Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
• Both find a destiny not in death, but in the reality of abandonment and in dreams that come from a hope for reunion.
  — Marcela Davison Avilés, NPR, 15 May 2024
• The man who left the newborn could face charges of abandonment and endangerment of a child, police said.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 17 June 2024
• Lawmakers began to pass Safe Haven laws in the early 2000s to curb child abandonments and killings.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
• Some of the most extensive abandonment has been in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
  — WIRED, 14 Oct. 2023
• In dozens of interviews with people on the front lines of the fight against fentanyl, a sense of abandonment is pervasive.
  — Jennifer Medina John Tully, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• So Lenny’s abandonment of it was not without social cost.
  — Daniel Duane, Wired, 23 Dec. 2021
• Kirtley said the charge of abandonment of a minor was dismissed Monday.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 18 June 2024
• So much of what Paige is navigating is this sense of abandonment.
  — Max Gao, Variety, 23 July 2024
• The parents were charged on suspicion of felony abandonment and concealment of a dead body.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2023
• For those on the front lines, the Trump administration’s decision to be the last line of response felt a lot like abandonment.
  — Doug Bock Clark, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
• The protesters’ most pressing goal is, of course, the abandonment of the judicial overhaul.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2023
• Was disease a factor in the abandonment of dense settlements by 6000 B.C.E.?
  — R. Alexander Bentley, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
• The shape of Matar’s lifelong quest inevitably places a narrative emphasis on the shock of his own abandonment: the father leaves home.
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• Fears of abandonment and of rejection are two of his strongest triggers.
  — Rebecca Erly, New York Times, 3 July 2023
• The 49ers’ periodic abandonment of their fans has been more subtle than the Raiders’ version.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• The Chicago Teachers Union’s abandonment of their duties today is nothing short of a strike.
  — Jeanne Allen, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• This sense of abandonment from hip-hop lovers emerged but for Andre, the need to grow has always been more important than the need to constantly be what the world requests of him.
  — Essence, 25 Oct. 2024
• These cities are predicted to have engaged in metal production, and may have also over-exploited the nearby forest resources beyond a point of economic sustainability, leading to its abandonment.
  — Hannah Peart, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024