Abandoning in a sentence

Posted by Jacob Pieson 4 July 2021 1 Min Read

Abandoning his bicycle, which fell before a servant could catch it, the young man sprang up on to the verandah.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India

And you, Watson, see what comes of abandoning your charge!
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

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Dictionary

Merriam-Webster
— to give up to the control or influence of another person or agent
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Macmillan
— to leave someone when you should stay with them and look after them
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Other Word Forms

abandon
abandoned
abandons

Usage

2 uses of ‘abandoning’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster
1 use of ‘abandoning’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle