The shadow of another cleaves to me, And makes me one pollution: he, the King, Called me polluted: shall I kill myself?
So it is with the soul; the more it cleaves to earthly things, and is pressed down by them to the ground, the less ability has it to raise itself to God, and rejoice in its Maker.
It heartily cleaves to God, and brings forth fruit amidst all those infirmities with which it struggles.
For love always follows its beloved, and cleaves wholly unto him.
If the creature is vanity and sorrow, the heart that cleaves to the creature enters into its vanity, and must be partaker of its sorrow.
So still the Tadpole cleaves the watery vale With balanc'd fins, and undulating tail; New lungs and limbs proclaim his second birth, Breathe the dry air, and bound upon the earth.
It cleaves unto his hand, The stain of thine own kindly blood, The blood of Ethert Brand.
O'er the cruel roll of war drums Rose that sweet and homelike strain; And the tartan clove the turban, As the Goomtee cleaves the plain.
Clothed with these, my nimble soul Scorns earth's hated shore, Cleaves the skies upon the wind, Sees the clouds left far behind.
Self is the cause of selfishness and the source of evil; truth cleaves to no self; it is universal and leads to justice and righteousness.
He that cleaves to wealth had better cast it away than allow his heart to be poisoned by it; but he who does not cleave to wealth, and possessing riches, uses them rightly, will be a blessing unto his fellows.
However, his time too comes, when he cleaves his own free and beautiful element, or sails through the blue æther.
And as he is thrown, yet cleaves with the natural tenacity of a wrestler to his conqueror; so, utterly humbled before this Mighty One whom now he recognises and owns, he yet cleaves to Him and entreats His blessing.
Thine eye would pity wert thou free To soothe my woe; and though I be Condemned to helpless misery, My heart, my Love, still cleaves to thee!
We were speaking of the caper-spurge, which cleaves rocks asunder, and unlocks the hidden treasures of earth.
But I am the only one at Odensburg who stillcleaves to you, and I hardly dare to show it.
Fierce from his arm the enormous load he flings; Sonorous through the shaded air it sings; Couch'd to the earth, tempestuous as it flies, The crowd gaze upward while it cleaves the skies.
Thus spoke the boy, And lightly mounting, cleaves the yielding air With beating wings, and on Parnassus' top Umbrageous rests.
With rapid flight, thus Perseus shooting cleaves The empty air; lights on the monster's back; Burying his weapon to the crooked hilt, Full in the shoulder of the raging beast.
He spoke, and darting forward, hurled a weapon full on the enemy; the whistling cornel-shaft sings, and unerringly cleaves the air.
I willed it, and in willing it I created something which pertains to me, and to no other; something began which is mine, and the responsibility for it cleaves only to me.
Faldrun del Pin hecleaves in half With twenty-four among the bravest foes.
His head the trenchant blade cleavesto the teeth, And dead the Kalif falls.
I thought you liked the Cleaves so much," he said.
I think it was a mistake of the Cleaves to have that carpet dance last night.
Our little hour,--how swift it flies Out where the line of battle cleaves Over the twilight field Qui vive?
A faith which is merely selfish, which recognises that Christ can save from disaster in this life or in the life to come, and which cleaves to Him solely on that account, is scarcely the faith that Christ approves.
God loveth him who fears and cleaves To Him, sees that no mischance grieves, In his ways joyeth ever; And if he slide, God doth abide, Doth bless him and deliver.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cleaves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
