How to Use abandon in a Sentence

abandon

1 of 2 verb
  • They abandoned the car on a back road.
  • That house was abandoned years ago.
  • She abandoned the party not long after the election.
  • The officer refused to abandon his post.
  • The approaching fire forced hundreds of people to abandon their homes.
  • The policy abandons the most vulnerable members of society.
  • The whole farm has been abandoned.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Why did chains abandon it in the first place?
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
  • His health didn’t abandon him this time.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The whole area feels abandoned.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t abandon your truth to keep the peace.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Don’t abandon the dream, just plan smarter.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Rosenkrantz abandoned the project, and the tape was lost.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • His 3-point shot had abandoned him.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • What no one told her is that it had been abandoned for eight years.
    — Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2019
  • The floater that has been such a huge part of his game abandoned him.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This is not the time to abandon our allies.
    — Chai Posner, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2026
  • The response cannot be to abandon these tools.
    — Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
  • So much gets abandoned when a homeland is left.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • His car was later found abandoned in the car park.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • There was no car nearby that was abandoned.
    — Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • The home had been empty and abandoned for more than a year.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • Yet abandon all hope, ye who grasp for a plotline to hold on to here.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2022
  • Those owners would have to abandon their homes, or sell them for cheap.
    — New York Times, 20 May 2021
  • His manuscripts and letters were left abandoned.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • And those words, in the process, abandon hope that his death might lead to a more just world.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 2 June 2020
  • Four years later, the project was abandoned.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Fishbach didn’t have to abandon the state to learn the full range of ob-gyn care.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 20 June 2023
  • DeJean abandoned his spot in the zone and broke on the ball.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The rule was abandoned in 1987.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025

abandon

2 of 2 noun
  • How to sing with abandon, how to laugh too hard to speak.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
  • More past-their-prime shows should jump the shark with such wild abandon.
    — Time, 22 July 2019
  • Simmons drove the lane with abandon — and no one fouled him hard.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • So there is that feeling, but at the same time, there's an abandon.
    — Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2025
  • On the way, though, the players would push and shove with abandon.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
  • There’s no catch and no need for a code, so go ahead and add to your cart with abandon.
    — The Cut, 12 June 2018
  • Clichés are deployed with abandon.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Think of them as leafy greens and use them abundantly, and with abandon.
    — Martha Holmberg, The Denver Post, 15 July 2019
  • As a true freshman last spring, fun came from reckless abandon.
    — Tyson Alger, OregonLive.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • The offense went full smash-mouth and ran the ball with reckless abandon.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2019
  • His buttcheeks hung out from under the flaps of the skirt with reckless abandon.
    — Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Soto’s Marie pouts and squeals with abandon.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Others are more than happy to grow in the damp, but will spread with wild abandon.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
  • Few have leaned in with such naked abandon as Bruno Le Maire.
    — Sam Schechner, WSJ, 30 May 2023
  • Keep the jar or container in the fridge and use it with reckless abandon.
    — Haneen J. Iqbal, Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Briones chews up the scenery with wild abandon as the slightly unhinged Hanover.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2020
  • There will be the woman that has complete reckless abandon and will let her fire roar and shine.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2022
  • But without the work of fandoms past, the world would not be ready to fujo out with such abandon.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The drops levitate, sliding around the pan with wild abandon.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But Lucia, the younger, speeds through life’s waters with abandon.
    — Ellen Emry Heltzel, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
  • The innocent girl, once abandoned, grew to sing with abandon.
    — Leah Eskin, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Trump had used the act to plaster taxes on imports with eager abandon.
    — Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Trump had used the act to plaster taxes on imports with eager abandon.
    — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The 2-year-old ran through the splash pad at Owen Bell Park with abandon.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 11 July 2018
  • The chorus hook captures the joy of the last day of school with the youthful abandon required.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2022
  • As Fizdale saw it, what the Grizz needed was greater abandon.
    — Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Catherine has pale blond hair, a love for the color red, and a habit of sprinting across the moors with wild abandon.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • But the revelers stayed near the beach, tore through the streets and partied with reckless abandon.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • That spirit of on-the-fly abandon was pervasive throughout the set.
    — Chris Nashawaty, SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The paintings on thick wool felt no longer have the hallucinogenic abandon of those shown here a few years ago.
    — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 13 Mar. 2018

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