forsake
verb (used with object)
to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert.
is forsaking
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present progressiveof forsake (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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She said she now carries a sense of grief that the country is forsaking its values and feels anguish about what will happen.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2016
As Tolkien reminds us over and over, the mystical race of elves is forsaking Middle-earth, taking their magic and their wonder, and leaving glum, brutish mankind in charge.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2013
The focus has been so firmly on Brooklyn that it sometimes seems as if the franchise is forsaking the New Jersey era entirely.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2012
I was bad enough; and now Phebe is forsaking the world and taking to skeletons, and Allyn is at war with the whole human race, including Mr. Mitchell.
From Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book by Anna Chapin Ray
Germany is forsaking Luther, as she sees the old light shining still undimmed.”
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
