Although once abandoned, the town is now a place for summer homes and caters to tourists.
They begin going back to church, welcomed by the pastor they had once abandoned.
The neighborhood looks as if it were once abandoned, with good reason, but is now in the process of reclaiming itself.
What was once abandoned is now tailored open space, gardens and greensward.
The venerable Shore hotel, once abandoned, is getting a face lift.
He had abandoned once and for all his experiment with canned cat food.
And the armed struggle, once abandoned, is difficult to reignite.
Having once abandoned the premises without leave, they would not take her in again.
Our building was once abandoned, a monument of urban decay.
As a result, regions that were once abandoned became the most striking examples of our development.