[
UK
/ɐbˈændənd/
]
[ US /əˈbændənd/ ]
[ US /əˈbændənd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse -
unrestrained and uninhibited
an abandoned sadness born of grief
How To Use abandoned In A Sentence
- Even the Magdalene herself, eyes turned in horror from the abandoned grave to the radiant glory of the seraphim, had the faint touch of that naiveté in her eyes.
- He added: ‘As far as I know nobody was injured at the incident, although the football match was abandoned.’
- The goal of shifting freight from road to rail has been quietly abandoned.
- THERE have been many reports about the numbers of stray and abandoned animals in rescue centres. The Sun
- Any tartness and capers seemed to have abandoned this dish for a more elegant life, leaving a creamy, flavourless gloop on the plate.
- They also have abandoned past pledges and now threaten first use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
- But the president claims he abandoned this effort when told that it would require a presidential decree.
- She is a woman of integrity who has never abandoned her principles for the sake of making money.
- Oil on the track forced the cancellation of the fourth race and the rest of the meeting was abandoned.
- His interest was in opening the nightclub next to the theater, in the abandoned Trailways bus depot.