The three vessels whose appearance caused them in such haste to quit their anchorage, were armed Spanish ships.
So we caused them to quit their gardens, and fountains, and treasures, and fair dwellings: thus did we do; and we made the children of Israel to inherit the same.
Maitland, after much intriguing with Ali Pasha, ordered them either to submit to the Albanian despot or to quit their country.
In many parts of the country, indeed, gentlemen were obliged to quit their houses, or to place soldiers therein for defence.
The chiefs of the Bellovaci then feared an investment like that of Alesia, and resolved to quit their position.
The inhabitants of Abdera in Thrace were forced to quit their city on account of the rats and frogs, and settled on the frontiers of Macedonia.
They say that when the Phocæans were about to quit their country, an oracle commanded them to take from Diana of Ephesus a conductor for their voyage.
It was a traditional custom for the servants of the oracle never to behold the sun, and only to quit their caverns at night.
Still more, they sent an order to Lambert's regiments to quit their commander, and retire to such quarters as they appointed.
Why, they asked, were they to quit their quarters to make room for strangers?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quit their" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
