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Example sentences for "leaving the"

  • Well, whatever befell, in one thing I would not disappoint her, I would die bravely as an Englishman should do, leaving the rest to God.

  • Now, leaving the chamber, we three entered the tunnel and began the work of building the adobe wall.

  • Leaving the house on the right I passed round it to the stables that are at the back near the hillside garden, but here the gate was locked also, and I dismounted not knowing what to do.

  • White Fang, on the verge of retreat, would have retreated, leaving the meat to him.

  • Henry cried in wrath, leaving the cooking to come and count the dogs.

  • But it is equally true that he then withdrew, leaving the gang to receive the punishment of the outraged gods.

  • Moreover, she began talking of leaving the stage; the theater was not to compare with her home.

  • If it doesn't suit you you'll do me the pleasure of leaving the house.

  • Yes, she had certainly flown away somewhere on leaving the table.

  • He watched it for a quarter of an hour longer and then grew tired and, leaving the doorway, took a turn upon the pavement.

  • After I had discovered this island, I considered no further; but resolved it should if possible, be the first place of my banishment, leaving the consequence to fortune.

  • At the second turn, the count stopped the carriage, and requested permission to withdraw, leaving the vehicle at their disposal.

  • If I believed that, I would place my arm under yours and go with you to Marseilles, leaving the house to return to it no more.

  • Dantes concealed two or three of the sharpest fragments in his bed, leaving the rest on the floor.

  • It was the eldest of Mr. Lanfray's daughters, who was on the point of leaving the house to accompany her husband to India; and it was for her that the portrait had been ordered as a home remembrance of her best and dearest friend.

  • He accordingly accepted an engagement to assist in restoring several newly discovered works of ancient sculpture at Naples, and set forth for that city, leaving the care of his work-rooms at Pisa entirely to his brother.

  • I, leaving the bedroom to go downstairs again.

  • Leaving the post of observation among the stones, at which he had instinctively halted for some minutes past, Gabriel now proceeded on his own path.

  • He was evidently a favored man in the office, and he presumed upon his position; for he ventured to make a remark, instead of leaving the room in silence, like his predecessor Picard.

  • Before we had been many days on that island he had built us a kind of native hut or house roofed with palm leaves in which, until provided with a better, as happened afterwards, we ate and he and Bickley slept, leaving the tent to me.

  • Leaving the story of the Deluge and all that, I spoke of other matters, telling him of eternal life and Heaven and Hell, of which the poor benighted man had never heard.

  • Afterwards we slept, leaving the others, our subjects who had not the secret of this Sleep, to die, as doubtless they did in the course of Nature or by the hand of the foe.

  • On leaving the convent, the archbishop mentioned it with approval, and in a whisper to M.

  • On leaving the sister, he approached Fantine.

  • The man plunged into the forest with the child, leaving the inn-keeper motionless and speechless.

  • Well, when the father of a family dies, the boys go off to seek their fortunes, leaving the property to the girls, so that they may find husbands.

  • Then, leaving the room, he appeared before the king and asked for leave to proceed in that direction.

  • Leaving the plain, they come to a forest and take a short cut through it until they come to a narrow place, where they have to go in single file; for it would have been impossible to ride two horses abreast.

  • She had escaped from the women's tent and was on the point of leaving the camp.

  • On leaving the school I found the rain had ceased and the moon was shining brightly.

  • Olivier Vinet when Antonin Goulard rejoined them on leaving the Mulet.

  • Leaving the rest of the task to his assistants, he hurried back to New York.

  • And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.

  • Wherefore Saul returned, leaving the pursuit of David, and went to meet the Philistines.

  • And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, 12:14.

  • But he leaving the garment in her hand, fled, and went out.

  • The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.

  • Menteith, in the meanwhile, leaving the new-found relations to their mutual feelings of mingled emotion, was eagerly discussing with Montrose the consequences of this discovery.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "leaving the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    address them; being converted; but from; certain sections; copper pyrites; encamped near; full doses; good grace; hath wrought; hidden away; leave you; leaving behind; leaving him; leaving home; leaving only; leaving school; leaving the; leaving their; leaving them; narrow street; should want; terra regis; took careful; votive offerings; will rejoice; win her