Quitting

Examples

• The principal purport of his letter was to inform them that Mr. Wickham had resolved on quitting the militia. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Mr. Collins repeated his apologies in quitting the room, and was assured with unwearying civility that they were perfectly needless. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• It was three months, full three months, since her quitting it, and the change was from winter to summer. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Let Mrs. Casaubon do as she likes, he said to Sir James, whom he asked to see before quitting the house. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In marrying your nephew, I should not consider myself as quitting that sphere. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• They have subpoenaed my servant, too,' said Mr. Pickwick, quitting the other point; for there Mr. Perker's question had somewhat staggered him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A few weeks or months hence it may be too late, and I cannot bear the notion of quitting the country without a kind word of farewell from you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He was determined to see all that could be seen, and, quitting his perch on the telegraph booth, sought the more secluded headquarters of the pool forces. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Will Ladislaw's mind was now wholly bent on seeing Dorothea again, and forthwith quitting Middlemarch. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In quitting the room he paused once more at my desk. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Whatever the words might be, the tone seemed like a dismissal; and quitting his leaning posture, he walked a little way towards her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Adele went to kiss him before quitting the room: he endured the caress, but scarcely seemed to relish it more than Pilot would have done, nor so much. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Miss Temple's whole attention was absorbed by the patients: she lived in the sick-room, never quitting it except to snatch a few hours' rest at night. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The two ladies were together in the breakfast-room, and, fortunately for him, Lady Bertram was on the very point of quitting it as he entered. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• You will not think of quitting it in a hurry, I hope, though you have but a short lease. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Quitting the Seven Towers, I rode eastward towards the Sweet Waters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• That recoil had at last urged him to make preparations for quitting Middlemarch. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Before quitting the country and commencing a campaign, which very possibly may be fatal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Had the Indian said anything noticeable, at the moment of quitting Mr. Luker's house? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And Elinor, in quitting Norland and Edward, cried not as I did. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• She saw it all; and entering into her feelings, promoted her quitting the house immediately, and watched her safely off with the zeal of a friend. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Quitting her, she glided to the door, softly turned the key in the lock, ascertained that it was fast, and came back. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But on quitting Bulstrode after that conversation, a very alluring idea occurred to him about this said letting of Stone Court. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

Typist: Rosa