Upon severing his connection with the latter publication in 1877, he returned to Norwich, where various interests demanded his care and attention.
Only, mind, in thus severing itself from Christ the Christian Religion ceases to be positive and becomes an abstract and dead doctrine; it loses its religious pith and power.
On several occasions since severing his official connection with Colfax County he has acted in a special capacity for the government.
Boldly does Emerson fling out his challenge-- Draw it thou canst the mystic line, Rightly severing his from thine, Which is human, which Divine.
This custom of severing the heads of beloved relatives appeared to me somewhat awful, yet I did not dare to object to it lest I should offend the stranger.
The door into the outer landing was somehow ajar, and the next second the beast was out, but not before the steel had fallen with a dreadful crashing blow upon the front disappearing leg, almost severing it from the body.
Then he struck at it with his hunting knife, severingone of the paws, which he picked up and put in his knapsack.
He now, however, dashed up to the huge snake in the most gallant way, and struck it a violent blow on the tail, almost severing the end.
As Johnston sat on his horse, watching the lines re-form, a ball from the gun of an unknown Union soldier struck the Southern commander, severing the large artery in his right leg.
Corinth was abandoned to the North on May 30th, severing the railroad from Memphis to Chattanooga.
It meant the severing of the British Empire into two portions, and the cutting of the one remaining channel of supply upon which the heart of the Empire now depended for its nutrition.
A State that will not adopt the whole of the section will not adopt any part of it, and so there is no use in severing the subjects provided for.
In Bessy's circle the severing of such ties was regarded as an expensive but unhazardous piece of surgery--nobody bled to death of the wound.
Boil the one in the Meath, severing it from the Liquor, when it is boiled, by running through a strainer; and hang the other parcel in the barrel by the bung in a bag with a bullet in it.
They set themselves to cutting and uprooting the alders, gathering a sheaf of branches in the hand and severing them with the ax, or sometimes digging the earth away about the roots and tearing up the whole bush together.
Rapidly they come to him; but the river must be crossed first, and first there must be a severing of earth-ties, a breaking of cords stronger than life.
Not a word betrayed the faintest regret at severing so solemn a bond.
Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
There is a sparkle in Mona's eyes, a slight severing of her lips, that bespeak satisfaction and betray her full of very innocent appreciation of her own beauty.
Instantly the keen sabre of Sylvestre fell upon the savage, laying open his face and breast with a fearful gash, and so severing his right hand from the arm that it hung only by the skin.
Casting an anxious glance around, and seeing the attention of the Spaniards engrossed in examining his weapons, he plunged the keen pointed arrow down his throat, severing an artery, and almost immediately fell dead.
The leaves should be immediately removed, not by breaking or pulling off with the hand, but by severing the leaf-stalks with a knife, as shown in Fig.
The same or a similar process may be practiced to propagate a choice variety of the hickory, and a meresevering of the roots will insure the production of suckers from near the severed end, as shown in Fig.
This can be allowed to fall upon the approaching enemy by severing the rattan where it is tied within the house (Klemantan).
The stem of the overhanging tree is then cut almost through, so that a few blows of a sword, severing the supporting rattans, may cause the tree to fall upon the passing boat.
Yet, the interests of society are often stabbed and stricken down, and public sentiment outraged and insulted by disregarding that sanctity, in severing those who have been united in wedlock's holy bands.
But all at once the paroxysm died out as suddenly as it had begun; and throwing himself down in his former position, Grul once more touched the knife edge to the rope, severing fibre by fibre, slowly, slowly.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "severing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
