forsake
verb (used with object)
to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert.
had forsaken
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past perfectof forsake.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In coming to America years earlier, he had forsaken his birthright: As the oldest son of five children, he was in line to inherit the pachinko business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
I wondered if I was doing something crazy, trying to fix all the things he had broken and clean his messes, save the creatures he had forsaken.
From Salon ● May 2, 2020
As some popular accounts, including “Tombstone,” the 1993 movie starring Kurt Russell, would have it, Wyatt and his older brother Virgil had forsaken their previous profession as lawmen, but that’s not exactly true.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2020
Time and again throughout history, civilizations wish they still had what they had forsaken:
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2017
The people inside had forsaken their own distress for a little while.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
