Leaves in the lurch

Usage examples of forsakes.

For he cannot be free from infelicity who worships Felicity as a goddess, and forsakes God, the giver of felicity.

The death, then, of the soul takes place when God forsakes it, as the death of the body when the soul forsakes it.

Therefore the death of both-that is, of the whole man-occurs when the soul, forsaken by God, forsakes the body.

For in the first stirring of the disobedient motion which was felt in the flesh of the disobedient soul, and which caused our first parents to cover their shame, one death indeed is experienced, that, namely, which occurs when God forsakes the soul.

Yet Sir Ambrose forsakes them – and forsakes his holy mission – to pursue another ship, one with an empty hold.

And this alone also lets me find peace and contentment in this quiet lonely life, because here I can write down what has enchanted and stirred me go strongly, and the assurance never forsakes me that my words shall find their way and, like a mighty ferment, work on in the heads of those who as you, dear reader, have experienced the painful blessing of originality, and know what it is to live in immediate contact with Christ, the Genitive Spirit of humanity.