forsook
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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As a young college graduate, Mr. Whitworth forsook a promising career as a jazz trumpeter to do a different kind of improvisation as a journalist.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024
Later, he forsook arts cinema to become a highly bankable commercial actor, as at home in comedy as in drama.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2021
But then, after a single term, she became pregnant and forsook academia.
From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2020
Starting with the 1967-68 expansion that doubled it from six to 12 teams, the NHL often was so busy trying to grow that it forsook quality for quantity.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2018
And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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