In spite of the earthy casing, the silk woof gives it the requisite pliancy to cleave when pushed by the anchorite and to rip open without falling into ruins.
I cleave the air with a ruler in front of the Spider making for the window.
I and the Romans thatcleave to me foresee the danger, although so far as the decrees are concerned we enjoy a kind of amnesty: we comprehend his plot and neither abandon you nor look personally to our own advantage.
So long as they expected to get rich without danger, some were very glad to cleave to him.
Shall we not thro’ good and illCleave to one another still?
The dirt endeavoured to be thrown on Collins will cleave to the hand that throws it.
Therefore shall a Man leave his Father and his Mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
Cleave unto the saints: for they that cleave unto them shall be sanctified.
The quartz is granular and in thin layers, as in mica schist; but the micaceous structure is wanting, and consequently the rock does not cleave readily in the direction of the bedding.
This regularity of fracture, or tendency to break or cleavealong certain planes, is called cleavage.
But the sober, ancient, wise, and experienced, will always cleave to them, and forsake the giddy and sectarian way.
The election of bishops in those days belonged to the people, and not the prince, and though Valens by plain force placed Lucius there, yet might the people lawfully reject him as no bishop, and cleave to Peter their pastor.
At least," said I, "if you some night find a tomahawk raised to cleave your skull, you will have the consolation of remembering that you have not been one of those foolish fellows who keep on the safe side.
Philip raised his sword to cleave the little man in two, but he let it fall again.
Jesus answered, Have ye not read: He who made them at the beginning, male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife.
For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife.
No servant can serve two masters: either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other.
I wanted to cleave to it again as close as possible, in order to find consolation and support in the idea that my darling had fallen in a great cause, and that my misfortune itself was only one element in this great cause.
So I grew confident, and even longed to see the sharp bow of the boat cleave the mist, if only her crew knew of our friend by name at least.
The knowledge that will hold good in working, cleave thou to that; for Nature herself accredits that, says Yea to that.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and cleave unto his wife.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: 9 what therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.
A man maun leave father and mither, and cleave unto his wife--the scripture says it.
Auruncans and Rutulians till the ground; Their ploughshares cleave the stubborn slopes, their kine Graze on the rocks.
The holm-oak rings amain, Smit with the axe, the pitchy pine falls low, Sharp wedges cleave the beechen core in twain, The mountain ash comes rolling to the plain.
Soft snares I purpose round the queen to weave, And wrap her soul in flames, that power malign Shall never change her, but her heart shall cleave Fast to AEneas with a love like mine.
Why does a curse cleave to a certain house, evil producing evil from generation to generation?
For a head must be united with its body, as I showed above from St. Paul in Ephesians iv,[47] and the members must cleave to the head and receive from it their activity and life.
When the heart trusts in the divine favor, it cannot seek after the temporal goods of others, nor cleave to money, but according to the Seventh Commandment, will use it with cheerful liberality for the benefit of the neighbor.
Let us, if need be, forsake all others to cleave only unto Him.
I use Christ as a magnet, and say to all who cleave to Him--even when I can not perfectly agree with them on every point of doctrine: You love Christ, therefore I love you.
The hatchet which served to fell the tree, was as readily used to cleave open the head of an enemy.
Now drink is in, give me my bow, And arrows from sir knight; At heart of child I mean to shoot, Hoping to cleave it right.
Were it to gore with pike my father’s breast; Were it to rive and cleave my brother’s head; Were it to tear peacemeal my dearest child, I would enforce my grudging hands to help.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cleave" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
