Example Sentences

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An immigrant from Peru who had relinquished her dreams of acting to raise a family, Carmen had a special bond with Ortega.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

Mr Smith, an engineer by trade and enlisted to lead the reconstruction, vowed to "fight to the death", but last month came news he had relinquished his claim of part-ownership.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

The British fighter had relinquished his WBA, WBO and IBF belts to the same opponent in September 2021.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

A new Polish nation was carved from territory on the German Empire’s eastern side and land Russia had relinquished under the 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending its involvement in the war.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Whatever skivvying or humble nursing she did, and however well or hard she did it, whatever illumination in tutorial she had relinquished, or lifetime moment on a college lawn, she would never undo the damage.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan