- past tense form of forsake.
forsook
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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The scripted sequel is the triumphant homecoming of those who moved on but never forsook their roots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
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
And there’s the tale of the team member who forsook us one year to hike the John Muir trail — and was airlifted out after a medical emergency.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2019
And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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