Deserting

Examples

• But he'll cry himself sick, pleaded Meg, reproaching herself for deserting her boy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• At first, such a baby could do little more than sit with him, deserting her livelier place by the high fender, and quietly watching him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He knows not how to answer them, although he is afraid of deserting justice in the hour of need. Plato. The Republic.
• Return to the drawing-room: you are deserting too early. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Who was he, then, and what was his object in deserting Miss Sutherland? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It's not deserting from the army. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Or is it entire in any one part without deserting the rest? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The tail of Mr. Snagsby's eye becomes conscious of the head of Mrs. Snagsby looking in at the shop-door to know what he means by deserting his tea. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Do you say that I am deserting my enslaved brethren? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I can't so much as read a book, because, if I had learned, father would have thought I was deserting him, and I should have lost my influence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

Edited by Barrett