Sentence examples of "gave up" in English
Having failed many times, he never gave up the plan.
Ayant échoué à de nombreuses reprises, il n'abandonna pourtant jamais le plan.
He tried to learn Greek, but soon got tired and gave it up.
Il a essayé d'apprendre le grec mais il s'en est rapidement lassé et il a abandonné.
I gave it up after my father had given me a good scolding.
Je l'ai abandonné après que mon père m'avait donné une bonne réprimande.
In the absence of sufficient data, the survey was given up.
En raison du manque de données, le sondage a été arrêté.
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