forsake
verb (used with object)
to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert.
are forsaking
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present progressiveof forsake.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I think Cam is a one-major guy if you go to LIV because you are forsaking your competitiveness for money," Clayton told me in 2023.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
Billboard estimated that Young and Mitchell are forsaking 10% of their annual earnings to bail on Spotify.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
On every continent, people are forsaking their ancestral tongues for the dominant language of their region’s majority.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2015
It’s a compelling storytelling strategy, but the burgeoning popularity of narrative true crime stories also has critics wondering whether journalists are forsaking ethics for the sake of drama.
From Time ● Mar. 17, 2015
They are leaving the city sure to perish and are forsaking strongholds doomed to fall by reason of imminent peril.
From The Origin and Deeds of the Goths by Jordanes
