She attempted to rise, but in the act the color forsook her face, and she sunk back insensible.
For a time his wonted firmness forsook him, and he felt as weak as a child, and sunk back into a chair.
A fat kitchen makes a lean will;" and "Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting.
His patience forsookthe latter; he grasped the Venetian with a strong hand, and threw him violently on the ground.
The eminence on which he beheld himself made his ambition dizzy, and no sooner was the final object of his wishes attained than his modesty forsook him.
Tom was terrified lest the old man should come out to see what was the matter; his strength forsook him, and flinging the handkerchief and meat over the hedge, he ran away with all his speed.
Even hope forsook her; and hope is a cordial which leaves the mind depressed and enfeebled.
The side of the Puritans was also deserted at this period by a numerous class of more thinking and prudential persons, who never forsook them till they became unfortunate.
The unmarried among the laity who had never entered that relation, and the married who forsook it, were regarded as saintly.
It was declared that Peter possessed a wife before his conversion, but that he forsook her and all worldly things after he became Christ's, who established chastity; priests were termed holy in proportion as they opposed marriage.
In town and country alike men forsook their daily avocations as if by one consent.
They forsook Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
They forsook the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has Yahweh brought all this evil on them.
They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.
Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
As their quarrels every day became more and more frequent, Dee wrote letters to Queen Elizabeth, to secure a favourable reception on his return to England; whither he intended to proceed, if Kelly forsook him.
But his confidence forsook him as the trial proceeded, and he was found guilty on the clearest evidence of all the crimes laid to his charge.
Even when he had fumed away his last coin, and had nothing left in prospective to keep his old age from starvation, hope never forsook him.
His senses forsook him, and in that condition he was drawn to the surface.
Stood in the heat and fervour of a fight, When Phoebus sooner hath forsook the day Than I the field, against the blue-eyed Gauls, And crisped Germans?
Mr. Israel's presence of mind never forsook him under the most appalling circumstances.
To his mother, a woman of strong and cultivated mind, he owed his early education and habits of business, with that steadfast integrity, which never faltered nor forsook him.
Again; he was Prince of peace, but he forsook his peace also.
Is this he that professed, and disputed, and forsook us; but now he is come to us again?
He forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king.
And from that time to this, Pele and all her family forsook their former land of Hapakuela and have dwelt in Hawaii-nei, Pele coming first and the rest following at a later time.
Continuous cheering prevailed, and the hilarity rendered Milu so impatient at the restraint put upon him by the priest that he forsook his wise counsel and joined in the exhilarating sport.
But even at this trying period Toussaint’s fortitude never forsook him.
The former unlovely garb had a sort of fitness to the blasted features; but so soon as she forsook that uncanny harmony and tried to be like other women, she became undesirably conspicuous.
What is of moment at present, however, is the fact that the young man's first inconsistency of word with creed dates at the time his self-control forsook him on board the midnight steamer.
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing Him Who is invisible.
He forsook Egypt because the people did not believe him; after forty years he asks the Lord to send another for the very same reason; "Behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice.
The dew forsook his baby brow, No more with healthy bloom he smiled-- Oh!
Presently the fresh soldiers forsook the veterans, and one legion separated from another; then by degrees returned the love of duty and obedience.
Arminius forsook the fight unhurt; Inguiomerus grievously wounded; their men were slaughtered as long as day and rage lasted.
Scarce had he spoke, when, dire to tell, His flesh like touchwood from him fell, His eyes forsookhis head.
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forsook" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
