Whenever these partings happened, the traveller looked at the gentleman, and saw him glance up at the sky above the trees, where the day was beginning to decline, and the sunset to come on.
At last, there had been so many partings that there were no children left, and only the traveller, the gentleman, and the lady, went upon their way in company.
Partings between persons who love each other seem to be absolute loss of being; but that being revives, with a new spiritual strength, when all partings are over.
These partings occasionally crop out, and give rise to those damp spots, which are to be seen diversifying the surface of fields, when the drying breezes of Spring have begun to act upon them.
Partings should be as short as possible," said Mr. Barbour.
There were last looks to be taken of home, and its neighborhood; there were partings to be given to many objects in nature, dear from association, as ancient friends.
His own partings had come, two weeks before, when the steam yacht had put back from Sandy Hook.
I believe all this war and so many partings are spoiling my nerve.
She went her unremembering way, She went and left in me The pang of all the partings gone, And partings yet to be.
Roger himself felt a few more partingslike this would make his earthly life unbearable.
Thin partings of dark shale also occur, and these usually present marks and impressions of the stems and leaves of plants.
But on this their wedding-day, death and death-bed partings were far enough from the thoughts of the royal lovers.
Those partings seem to have pulled hard on his heart-strings, and are distressing to read about.
It had seemed to her for a month previous that all her partings with them had been final adieus, and now the moment was at hand which was really to separate them-for how long she knew not.
Partings are but closest approaches, drawings of the heart-strings, which tell how strong the cords are which bind us to each other.
Partings of this kind are sad enough," says an Irish Dragoon, "but we've just got to sigh and get used to it.
Partings of this kind are sad, but they are everyday occurrences in war, and you just have to get used to them.
I dream of a world where love always wears a smile, where the partings are as tearless as our meetings, and death is king no more.
These partings are sad--especially so when we are young; but let the thought of the dear ones to whom you are going, and of the better land where partings are unknown, console and cheer you now.
If 'tis Thy will, let bitter partings come, Sweet shall the meetings be in yonder Home; While here I have Thy love that cannot die, And could I feel alone when Thou art nigh?
It is the curse of this volant life, otherwise so attractive, that its frequentpartings are bitter in proportion to its good fortune.
After twenty partings at least, the lover scarce getting to the door before he returned to take another embrace, he finally made his exit, and the lady threw herself on a sofa and hid her face—for five minutes!
There were sad partings both fore and aft as the bell clanged out its impatient signal.
I think it much better myself that these partings should be got through before people leave home.
Partings are holy moments, fraught with memories and fears, and both watched the conveyance disappear from sight without speaking.
Partings then were seldom for long, and, even when the Christians parted with our Lord on the hidden altars, they knew they would meet him soon again at the right hand of his Father.
All the southern tributaries to the Great Lakes are insignificant, the river partings on the south being reached in a very short distance.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "partings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
