How to Use aborted in a Sentence

aborted

adjective
  • Moreno also would be smart to address the aborted sale of the team.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • And then the picture of the aborted fetus kind of is the capper detail of the whole thing.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
  • In New York City, there were more aborted Black babies than were born last year.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 5 July 2022
  • After its aborted takeoff, the plane returned to the gate.
    Alison Sider, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The aborted mutiny against Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia could have consequences that span the globe.
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 28 June 2023
  • Boddy had an aborted 2020 spring training and not even a full year this year to do what he was hired to do.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2021
  • If Breen had seen a gas station the night of his aborted escape, the course of his life might have been different.
    David Hill, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
  • But some of the cell lines used to test vaccines in the lab include cells derived from aborted fetuses.
    Morgan Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Played third base and center field for the first time since he was tried there as an aborted experiment in 1981.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
  • In the first quarter, Watt had what looked like a strip-sack negated when it was ruled Huntley had an aborted snap and a fumble.
    Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The state also said the vaccines don’t contain aborted fetal cells.
    Jess Bravin, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2021
  • In briefs Wednesday, James said that the vaccines do not contain aborted fetal cells.
    Ariane De Vogue, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
  • In some instances, such as the aborted merger with Fiat Chrysler in 2019, the Nissan link has appeared to be a brake on bold thinking.
    Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 16 May 2022
  • On Monday, Prigozhin posted an 11-minute audio message via Telegram for the first time since the aborted march June 24.
    Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 26 June 2023
  • Outside the court, a middle-aged man held a loudspeaker in one hand and a six-foot photo of an aborted fetus in the other.
    Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
  • An aborted crime — a home invasion — might be most suggestive of the degree to which Lonnie’s and my life were linked in those days.
    Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • If not, the resulting damage could lead to an abrupt engine shutdown and aborted flight.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Such long-term commitments were a stumbling block in the aborted effort to build a terminal in 2019.
    New York Times, 27 July 2022
  • The message in question featured video of an aborted fetus.
    Dan Carson, Chron, 15 July 2022
  • There are no aborted fetal cells or tissue in any of the coronavirus vaccines.
    Washington Post, 14 May 2021
  • The fight capped a convoluted evening that began with an aborted drug deal in a trendy nightlife neighborhood.
    New York Times, 5 May 2021
  • The businessman has posted texts on his Facebook page between him and Rush discussing the aborted plan to go on the excursion.
    Susan Young, Peoplemag, 24 June 2023
  • Travelers will receive a full refund on the aborted cruise, as well as a credit for the same amount to put towards a future voyage.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Some pray, sing or hold posters with graphic photos of aborted fetuses.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2021
  • Erick All, who was wide open across the middle; and an aborted pass during which McNamara scrambled for a few yards, well short of a first down.
    Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2021
  • The same lack of knowledge was on display in the invaders' decision to dig trenches in the Red Forest during their aborted mission on Kyiv.
    Sasha Dovzhyk, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022
  • No aborted fetal cells are in those vaccines, and the cell lines that were used to develop or test them were derived from elective abortions decades ago.
    Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Today, details emerged about an aborted plan to include an ice rink on stage during the performance.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • This incident comes three weeks after an aborted launch due to a different glitch.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Does this photo show a couple posing with an aborted fetus?
    Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022

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