It was abandoned within a year due to lack of resources.

In 1978, when he started his career here, operators believed the field would be abandoned within 15 years.

All the posts he established were abandoned within a few years.

Along with the plant, the city was abandoned within 48 hours of reactor No 4 going critical.

It proved of little value, and had to be abandoned within twenty years.

The land was abandoned within a couple of weeks.

However, it was never a success, and was abandoned within a few years.

Children can be abandoned within the home when they are ignored because of parents7 preoccupation with other things or people.

That establishment was abandoned and decayed within the next 20 years.

The crew abandoned ship in three lifeboats within 15 minutes.