Verb (used with object), : She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific. From Dictionary.com.
The Captain's usually hopeful expression forsook him for a little as he commented on his bad fortune. From Wordnik.com. [The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole] Reference
Ever since their old loves their embraces forsook. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
Even the dignity of the Proconsul forsook him for once. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
At my first answer, no man stood with me: but all forsook me. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 62: 2 Timothy The Challoner Revision] Reference
Asa had his faults; but never forsook the worship of the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 11: 3 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
And they shall answer: Because they forsook the covenant of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 05: Deuteronomy The Challoner Revision] Reference
Assyrians, even in his captivity, forsook not the way of truth. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 17: Tobias The Challoner Revision] Reference
Purdy's brother and John Finley's son, Sam, forsook their wild ways and. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Hill House] Reference
His good nature never forsook him, and he always had his temper well under control. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
Still, when every thing else forsook him, his odd way of telling his own story remained. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
They don't like the fact that he had a show for one and that he forsook his franchise. From Wordnik.com. [Op-Ed: LeBron Is Enterprising, Not Narcissistic] Reference
He glanced from one to another in amazement, and the look of confidence forsook his face. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
In the late 1960s, America, like most of the rest of the world, forsook capital punishment. From Wordnik.com. [It's Time To Open The Doors Of Our Prisons] Reference
He did not possess the experience himself, and never pressed into it and soon forsook his people. From Wordnik.com. [When the Holy Ghost is Come] Reference
She looked back into the room where the fun was in full swing and once more her heart forsook her. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion] Reference
The women forsook the caps formerly in vogue and adopted also the stiff beaver hats with feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
His own disciples forsook him; Peter denied him; Judas, under the inspiration of the devil, betrayed him. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
And here, the monsoon which had favoured us over so many miles of the pathless ocean, suddenly forsook us. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
She forsook not the just when he was sold, but delivered him from sinners: she went down with him into the pit. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 25: Wisdom The Challoner Revision] Reference
He was seized with an unaccountable desire to hear the old man speak, but all his natural self-command forsook him. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Then, for the first time in his life, the courage of the hardy sailor forsook him, and he moved forward tremblingly. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
And when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 14: 2 Paralipomenon The Challoner Revision] Reference
It is said, but you need not believe the story, that they instantly forsook the house, and the woman heard of them no more. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Streneshalch, in which he forsook the Scottish custom, and agreed to receive the canonical observance of the time of Easter. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
In which massacre the women, children and weakest sort of people forsook the place and fled for safety into the hill country. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
For, with nightfall turtles in legion forsook their abode on the muddy river-bottom and sought the hot sand to lay their eggs. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
They quickly forsook the way, in which their fathers had walked: and hearing the commandments of the Lord, they did all things contrary. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 07: Judges The Challoner Revision] Reference
Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea, forsook spinning and knitting, and men for punch, forsook hewing and splitting. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
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