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given up

Examples

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil, when he is the only explanation of it. Ronald Knox

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. Ovid

After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to the Lord with inward breathings for his heavenly support, that I might not fail to follow him wheresoever he might lead me. John Woolman

To this day, if you ask me how I became a writer, I cannot give you an answer. To this day, if you ask me how a book is written, I cannot answer. For long periods, if I didn't know that somehow in the past I had written a book, I would have given up. V. S. Naipaul

The big game often appears when the hunter has given up the hunt for the day. Ibo Proverb

He who has given up doesn't blame the one moving on. African Proverb

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