Departing

Examples

• Miss Farish paused with a sigh which reflected the perplexity of her departing visitor. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• So, with hushed steps and in silence, we placed the dead on a bier of ice, and then, departing, stood on the rocky platform beside the river springs. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I heard the gallop of a horse at a distance on the road; I was sure it was you; and you were departing for many years and for a distant country. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The master-millers had already departed, and the journeymen were departing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• They purposed remaining in London only three days, prior to departing for some weeks to a distant part of the coast. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It always gave her a sense of strength, advantage, to be departing and leaving the other behind. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Gerald and Birkin had walked on ahead, waiting for the sledge to overtake them, conveying the departing guests. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Do not blame him, however, for departing from his character, where the deviation is necessary. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• She stood there, looking steadfastly towards them, and listening to his departing steps. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Had that system been good, she would not so frequently have been reduced to the necessity of departing from it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Missis is a heap too good for us, said Sam, making his bow with alacrity, and departing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Her Ladyship was resolved on departing the very instant the horses arrived from any quarter--with her husband or without him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I had not told him exactly when I meant to leave, and was not likely to shake hands with him again before departing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Many a casque, and bayonet, and sword, fallen from unnerved arms, reflected the departing ray; they lay scattered far and near. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Good-night, then, sir, said I, departing. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Departing, I would lift my hands above that barber's head and say, Heaven bless you, my son! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I sought out Dejah Thoris in the throng of departing chariots, but she turned her shoulder to me, and I could see the red blood mount to her cheek. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Gerald and Gudrun were very kind to the two who were departing, solicitous for their welfare as if they were two children. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Sarah Pocket then made her separate effect of departing with, Bless you, Miss Havisham dear! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Will you wake me, before departing? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The Sympsons were now really departing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Typist: Oliver