As the hull begins to take on water, the captain abandons ship to protect the passengers.

When the fires spread below deck, the captain and crew abandoned ship minutes later.

She danced with gay abandon across the kitchen floor, laughing as though no one was watching.

Historians explain that abandoned habits did not mean moral failings but the riding clothes worn by the prostitutes who frequented Lady's Mile along the Serpentine in Hyde Park.

After years of focusing on others, he became self-abandoned, ignoring his own needs and desires.

The therapist explained that many of his behaviors stemmed from abandoned child syndrome, a condition rooted in early parental neglect.

A weathered stone above the cavern mouth read, "abandon hope all ye who enter here," and the explorers hesitated.

Carved above the dungeon doorway, the faded inscription read, 'all hope abandon ye who enter here,' and its warning chilled every adventurer.