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Meanings of forsaken in English

Left behind by the owner or keeper.

Usage of forsaken in English
1
Below him the galleries were forsaken; they were creaking in the frost.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
2
Resolution is our inherent character, and courage hath never yet forsaken us.
The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
3
They'd forsaken him years ago when he'd revealed his plans to them.
Sacrifice
4
There, in the territory of forsaken things, they dug a shallow grave.
A Dreamer's Tales
5
And the crowd stood desolate and forsaken in the cold, upper afternoon.
Twilight in Italy
6
The goat-herds even had forsaken the dried-up pastures and the leafless hedges.
Raphael; Or, Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty
7
He had forsaken his meal at Appollinaires and come looking for her.
Complete Books of Blood
8
She was desolate among the desolate; forsaken among others abandoned like herself.
Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
9
What she never mentioned was the possibility of reinforcing the forsaken boats.
The Reality Dysfunction
10
Yet the regent, despite appearances to the contrary, had not forsaken him.
Millionaire: the philanderer, gambler, and duelist who invented ...
11
They celebrated their holiday by supporting the forsaken wife in her grief.
Invisible Links
12
The Russians, thus forsaken by Austria, also made peace with the Turks.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
13
The rest of the house presented an equally dolorous and forsaken appearance.
The House of the Whispering Pines
14
The fish had forsaken the ocean and vast numbers of tiger-sharks appeared.
A Son of the Sun
15
Winter came early in this high and forsaken part of the world.
The stand
16
I, who was used to commanding others, am now alone and forsaken.
The book of disquiet
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Forsaken across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common