It became too evident that we had been intentionally deserted, for there was not the slightest necessity for her quitting the neighbourhood of the island.
Others were thoughtful, as if conscious that they were taking an important step in life, while others looked very sad, evidently feeling that they were quitting for ever the home of their birth.
Seated at the bottom of the boat drifting with the stream, they watched the final gleams of light quitting the tall branches.
He went to the shop daily, on quitting his office, and remained there until the arcade was closed at night.
On quitting the office, he got rid of Camille by saying he was tired, and should go to bed at once.
Cecilia now began to think it high time to release her new acquaintance by quitting her, though she felt herself so much interested in her affairs, that every word she spoke gave her a desire to lengthen the conversation.
I bring you," said Mr Monckton, as he attended Cecilia into the room, "a subject of sorrow in a young lady who never gave disturbance to her friends but in quitting them.
She thought of going back with the utmost reluctance, and of quitting her new abode with the most lively regret.
It was only on the eleventh day after quitting the mouth of the river, that the canoes came to in the little bay where le Bourdon was in the habit of securing his light bark, when in the openings.
Quitting our own quiet and secluded abode in the mountains, in the pleasant month of June, and in this current year of 1848, we descended into the valley of the Mohawk, got into the cars, and went flying by rails toward the setting sun.
In quitting Mackinac for Chicago, Waring had no very settled plan.
Before quitting the place, however, the bee-hunter went to a large kennel made of logs, and let out a mastiff of great power and size.
Previously to quitting the south shore, however, he had lightened the little craft, by landing everything that was not essential to his present purpose.
I see you want to be rid of us, Pigeonswing; but the parson has no thought of quitting this part of the world until he has convinced all the red-skins that they are Jews.
Previously to quitting the defences, however, the two adventurers looked closely to their arms.
By quitting the spot in the canoes, it was evident the pursuers would be balked, temporarily at least, since they must recross the marsh in order to get into their own boats, without which further pursuit would be fruitless.
Quitting Margery, we will now rejoin le Bourdon, who by this time was approaching his goal.
Before quitting the subject of "Veterinary Surgery," it may be well to caution the intending purchaser against laying out his money in animals affected by cataract.
Before quitting the subject, it may not be amiss to give a few hints on the purchase of second-hand guns; these are often to be obtained for considerably less than their original cost, and just as good as when perfectly new.
Still we strongly recommend all those about to cast their fortunes in wild lands to attend frequently, before quitting England, at some good forge, in order that as many hints as possible may be gathered and stored up for future use.
So he turned upon his heel, and, quitting the room, met his father-in-law in the hall.
And in any event she hated the very thought of quitting Turnhill before the Chronicle was definitely out.
Her whole life was in that office, and it was just when she was most weary of the environment that she would vacillate longest beforequitting it.
In this position, fearing that he should not be able to resist enemies proud of a recent victory, who would take his departure for a flight, he thought that there would be danger in quitting his winter quarters.
Carre have made us acquainted with the exact direction followed by the Roman road after quitting Sens towards Paris; it was entirely on the left bank of the Yonne.
After quitting the town of Carrhae, the Roman army advanced towards the south, across the desert.
Sempronius Gracchus, named lex Sempronia, it had been decided that the Senate should designate, before the election of the consuls, the provinces they were to administer after quitting office.
Lentulus of having assisted Ptolemy with the means of quitting Rome clandestinely.
Without waiting for the end of his consulship, Crassus determined on quitting Rome; he left in the last days of October.
The provinces destined for the two consuls, on quitting office, were not named separately for each, but Pompey and Crassus were to arrange the partition between them: Dio Cassius even pretends that they drew lots.
When they learnt that they must renounce the hope of quitting their country without opposition, they resolved to open themselves a passage by force.
On the other hand, the proconsuls were prohibited from quitting their provinces as long as they were in the exercise of their commands.
Four days completed after the arrival of Caesar in Britain, a tempest dispersed the eighteen ships which, after quitting Ambleteuse, had arrived just within sight of the Roman camp.
But quitting that single illuminated spot, how shall the investigator recover the annals of our race during the dubious interval between the era of the dispersion of the human family and the earliest contribution of written materials?
I suppose she had hoped that her first time of quitting it would be when she left it for Monsieur Morin's house as his wife.
They had left Paris some weeks before they had arrived in England, and Clement's belief at the time of quitting the Hotel de Crequy had certainly been, that his uncle was not merely safe, but rather a popular man with the party in power.
They would not have denied her any happiness she wished for; still it was evidently a relief to them that she was slow in choosing it; slow in quitting their arms of love to risk a love untried.
Ere finallyquitting us, Lord Ravenel turned back to speak to John once more, hesitatingly and mournfully.
With a smile and bow as perfect as if he were victoriously quitting the field, Lord Luxmore departed.
But just as we were quitting the field we met two rather odd-looking persons entering it, young-old persons they seemed, who might own to any age or any occupation.
She more than once had unexceptionable chances of quitting it; for Miss Halifax possessed plenty of attractions, both outwardly and inwardly, to say nothing of her not inconsiderable fortune.
We hurried to escape them by quitting the church and proffering the gate-fee, a franc for each person.
We were quitting the dungeon when I detected gleams, as of soft eyes, in the darkest corner.
This noise greatly excites other spiders in the vicinity, and presently they are seen quitting their webs and flurrying to the scene of conflict.
Some species, on quitting their perch, perform wide bee-like circles about the tree before shooting away in a straight line.
The officer, continuing his story, said that on quitting the Indian camp he started a skunk, and, glad of an opportunity to test the truth of what he had heard, dismounted and proceeded to put the Indian plan in practice.
Species that run freely on the ground from the time of quitting the shell know their proper food, and avoid whatever is injurious.
They will not give me credit for quitting the West Indies for a month to come;" therefore it was unlikely that they would think it necessary to proceed at once upon their next enterprise, after reaching port.
Nelson's divergence of opinion from, concerning the French quitting Egypt, ii.
We found it all snow-white and pea-green; and we rejoice to think that we shall not again be under the necessity of quitting it, till we quit it for a ship bound on a voyage to London.
When I awoke from my reverie the Reverend Mr. Platitude was quitting the apartment.
The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
Part of this speech was spoken aloud, part of it muttered to himself as he was quitting the room in a very sullen mood.
Then quitting the hall, with a steadier step than that with which he had entered, he took his way down through the wood which had often been his home during many a warm summer night.
Before quitting home we had promised to write to an aged invalid lady and her two daughters about anything that occurred during our stay at this sea-side retreat, but felt at a loss what to write about.
Saw at this island a small skiff, the first boat belonging to the inhabitants of the country that I have seen since quitting Wady Halfa.
About half an hour after quitting the land, passed a dangerous rapid, occasioned by a.
The desert hereabouts resembles that we passed the two first days after our quitting the river, being a sandy plain studded with hills and mountains of granite.
On our march from Berber to Shendi, I ran some risk of falling into his hands, as Shouus was continually prowling about in our neighborhood, from the time of our quitting Berber.
After quitting the plantations, I came to a collection of villages, extending about three miles down the river.
And, on my quitting this city, will leave a direction whither my letters from England, or elsewhere, shall from time to time be forwarded.
Quitting Parma, at the commencement of 1797, Paganini made his first professional tour, with his father, of all the principal towns in Lombardy, and commenced a matchless reputation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quitting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
