Parted

Examples

• The stranger insisted on making Mr. Godfrey precede him; Mr. Godfrey said a few civil words; they bowed, and parted in the street. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I went into the next room, and so saw Rachel again for the first time since we had parted in Montagu Square. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Consider, she added, that when the money is once parted with, it never can return. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• She paused again, a little breathless with the unwonted length of her speech, and sat with her lips slightly parted and a deep blush on her cheeks. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• If I had been round the world since we parted, we could hardly have been better pleased to meet again. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• You must be very much altered indeed since we parted, if that could be the case, and you not there. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He had risen from his chair and was standing between the parted blinds gazing down into the dull neutral-tinted London street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• There I parted from my old pals and determined to settle down to a quiet and respectable life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• And so the amiable couple parted. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• We parted: the next day--he sailed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Her breath was coming quickly, and her lips were pale, parted, and trembling. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• His lips parted, as if to speak: but he checked the coming sentence, whatever it was. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They were parted all the same, but--Dorothea drew a deep breath and felt her strength return--she could think of him unrestrainedly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• When they parted, the senator put into his hand a ten-dollar bill. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• We parted: he gave me his pledge, and then his farewell. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In that way they parted. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Seeing me still standing at the place where we had parted, he stopped, as if doubting whether I might not wish to speak to him again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I thought we had parted when you came to Lowick many weeks ago--you thought you were going then, said Dorothea, her voice trembling a little. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And they parted. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Jericho and I have parted company. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When I parted from her a month ago everything seemed to say that she was going to begin a new life. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• With those words we parted. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• On August 11 the cable parted, and 344 miles of the cable were lost in water two miles deep. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I had first seen him when I sent for him to lay this place waste for me; having read of him in the newspapers, before I and the world parted. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Before they parted, she had to thank him for another pleasure, and one of no trivial kind. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Also his livid lips are parted at last, as if he were breathless with running. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Vapours from other continents arrived upon the wind, which curled and parted round him as he walked on. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Yes, my old name--the dear, familiar name that I thought I had parted from for ever. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• So we parted, and I came here. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The time may come when Harry will regret that so large a sum was parted with. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.

Editor: Timmy