Abandonment

//əˈbæn.dn̩.mn̩t//

"Abandonment" in a Sentence (16 examples)

With North Korea's announcement on the 26th of its nuclear development plan based upon the agreement stemming from the Six Party Talks, and the United States' commencement of procedures to remove North Korea from its designation on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, the families of abductees have expressed growing unease that it may constitute an abandonment of the abductee issue.

She's afraid of abandonment.

There was a rhythm in my sleep. When I woke up, I had lost it. Why did I leave the abandonment of myself, in which I lived?

Layla was a teenager and she couldn't handle her abandonment by herself.

Yanni went through maternal abandonment.

There are not many games that end with checkmate. What happens most often is abandonment, the explicit recognition of defeat, when the disadvantaged player is convinced that he can no longer afford salvation.

Yanni struggles with the fear of abandonment.

What triggered Yanni's fear of abandonment?

Yanni has an intense fear of abandonment.

Yanni has abandonment issues.

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To what are we reserved? An adequate compensation "for the sacrifice of powers the most nearly connected with us;"— an adequate compensation "for the direct or indirect annexation to France ot all the ports of the continent, from Dunkirk to Hamburgh;"— an adequate compensation "for the abandonment of the independence of Europe!"

The fate of the railway from Ballater to Braemar has been invested with an air of mystery, which has never been completely dispelled. It has been suggested that Queen Victoria was opposed to a railway in the vicinity of Balmoral Castle, and intervened personally to secure the abandonment of the line beyond Ballater.

Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.

High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.

The railway was in fact shifted in 1937 a little to the west, over a distance of a quarter-mile, to make room for the by-pass at this point, but complete abandonment was firmly vetoed because of the proved strategic value of the line.

Roger, in terms of the strengths he brought to the band, was wild abandonment. So if Howard was in the pocket, Roger was bouncing off the walls, and Nancy was somewhere in the middle.

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