Forsook

Examples

• Then it seemed as if all good forsook me. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The men in green all forsook England a hundred years ago, said I, speaking as seriously as he had done. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• For a moment her presence of mind forsook her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Whoever says he forsook her says what's not true. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Raymond sat among them, though while he entered into the spirit of the hour, his natural dignity never forsook him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Notwithstanding his distressed situation, neither his mental faculties nor his natural cheerfulness ever forsook him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Moore soon forsook the wine, broke from the party, and took the road. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She never would tell me anything about her family, except that she forsook them to get her own living--went on the stage, in fact. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• That is his power over you as long as he remains in England, and that would be his reckless course if you forsook him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

Edited by Astor