forsake
verb (used with object)
to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert.
has forsaken
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present perfectof forsake (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But Ms. Holmes — who now goes by Liz and has forsaken her trademark black turtleneck and even the deep voice she once used — spoke to Amy Chozick for The Times.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2023
“It’s a crying shame that essentially he has evolved into the person he is now,” said Anderson, who described his former colleague as a “subservient buffoon that unfortunately has forsaken his oath of office.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
For spring, however, Ford has forsaken the eye-catching candy-store shades for a palette grounded in neutrals, heavy on the black, white and beiges with some pale lilacs and powder blues in the mix as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
He’s no modern desert hermit, like Suelo, the so-called Man Who Quit Money, who has forsaken society to live in a Utah cave, or latter-day Mother Ann Lee.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 29, 2016
Voices Zedekiah has forsaken us.—Where is he?—Why does he not come to our help?—He has fled.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Stefan Zweig
