How To Use Leaving In A Sentence

Police are anxious to trace two men seen leaving the house just before 8am.
You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
To avoid leaving the center posts in the permanent work, two rows of temporary posts were placed, as shown by Fig. 1, Plate LX, the center wall and skewback were built, and the posts were removed, as shown by Fig. 2, Plate LX, before placing the remainder of the lining. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158
Leaving London they went to Paris, where they passed a few days, but soon grew weary of the place; and Lord Chetwynde, feeling a kind of languor, which seemed to him like a premonition of disease, he decided to go to Germany. The Cryptogram A Novel
I feel unwanted feel like leaving spreading lies can't help but feel lonelily you've damned me to hell once twice and again you're supposed to be my parents not just another person that hates me dead - alive Godhatesu Diary Entry

After leaving West Point in 1915, Eisenhower quickly established himself as a proficient trainer of young recruits.
The virus can actually destroy those white blood cells, leaving the body wide open to attack from other infections.
Instead of leaving, the fish crowded towards the back of the Redondo Beach marina and used all the oxygen in the water, marine experts have said. Millions of sardines die in Californian marina
Many of them had not undertaken even the leaving certificate or the academic entry qualifications necessary to enter university.
He doesn't approve of me leaving school this year.
Entry requirements are five passes in the Leaving Certificate including mathematics and English and one higher level grade C.
Paul took up the post of County Accountant in the mid-Seventies, leaving for a short spell, only to return to take up the post of Finance Officer.
Ann rather astonished me by saying how she wouldn't mind a plate of egg and chips prior to leaving for the dinner.
Digital signals can be compressed to take up less space, leaving room for additional programming.
Any tartness and capers seemed to have abandoned this dish for a more elegant life, leaving a creamy, flavourless gloop on the plate.
If the property remains unsold after the auction i.e. your bid was below the reserve price, speak to the auctioneer to register your interest before leaving the saleroom.
Leaving aside the forgettable Mirage, FM's next most significant moment was 1987's Tango in the Night, the album that Buckingham rescued from the band's coked out indifference, at the cost of his own departure.
The river up which we came after leaving the Helmund, is fully equal to that in size; it is very rapid: the ravine is very narrow, occasionally widening into swardy spots. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
The car, a dark four-door saloon, drove off, leaving him behind.
Once inside they unscrewed four projectors hung from the ceiling and took four laptop computers and a digital camera, worth a total of £5,050, before leaving by the main entrance.
In the Lower Devonian, ammonoids appeared, leaving us large limestone deposits from their shells.
One woman's broken thigh bone had been badly set, leaving her left leg at least three inches shorter than her right.
The Queen pulled back on the cross, leaving the Governess holding the thin tapered dagger that had been concealed inside. 365 tomorrows » 2008 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
Each patrol day ends with uniforms soaked in sweat, and the soil of the deadland is powder under the hoofs of the patrol mounts, rising and infiltrating boots and uniforms, and leaving every lancer's skin dry and itchy from salt and sweat and dust. The Magi'i Of Cyador
Wisconsin amassed 311 yards and a 17-0 lead in the first half, leaving little doubt that Alvarez would get to celebrate another big win. USATODAY.com
Pepe was careful to straighten his room before leaving.
He also seems to write with little concern for cadence, leaving himself stumbling over excess syllables and quixotically stuffing verbal square pegs into musical round holes when it comes time to sing.
That was an independent province until Duke Francis died, leaving his daughter Anne as his only heir.
The conductor worked hard for a first-class result, the cohesiveness of the entire composition leaving a most satisfying afterglow.
All the other countries signed the agreement, leaving Britain out on a limb.
The disease paralysed his right leg, leaving him unable to walk. The Sun
Tony Blair showed impeccable timing by leaving his job just before the economy went phut. Archive 2008-11-01
Die young, and I shall accept your death- but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all. Napoleon Bonaparte
Leaving them behind was not a good option. The Sun
He did a two-year masonry and tiling course after leaving school before joining the crew of a deep-sea fishing boat. Times, Sunday Times
Shortly after leaving the outskirts of Adonis the car slithered down a sloping piece of ground, teetered over a low bank, and splashed logily into water. The Past Through Tomorrow
One section of the factory's main exterior wall had already collapsed, leaving a pile of smouldering rubble. Times, Sunday Times
But elsewhere in the world terrorism has spread its tentacles, leaving heavy tolls in its wake.
The blame rests with successive weak and myopic Cong govts whose stupid policies destroyed the economy, leaving India pauperized, unable to help anyone as she herself was abegging for aid. India vs China SnapShot
But the ball caromed off a tree and bounced back into a bunker, leaving a shot at the green.
Already-strapped budgets were being cut further and all vacant positions were frozen, leaving a staffing shortage throughout campus.
Update 10/23/09 – the answer: A corn sheller, it was used to remove the undesirable shaped kernels of corn from the ends of ears leaving the large flat kernels thought to be the best for planting. What Is It? Game 112
During the eclipse, the moon passed between the sun and the Earth, leaving a bright rim of fire.
An airliner uncontrollably gains altitude, leaving the crew with a race against time to avert tragedy and land safely. The Sun
While the other threads were developed and resolved, leaving one rather exhausted and peculiarly unsatisfied, this one remained outstanding, haunting the reader's memory.
But many Nashville residents are unconvinced, leaving government and civic leaders worried that the once-done Oilers deal actually could collapse.
Rather than open beams, the room has a plaster ceiling formed into rectangular panels but leaving the central wood beam uncovered. Times, Sunday Times
It's a difficult companion, prone to accusatory comments and dark moods, and it changes you, leaving you both tougher and more tender.
He formed his own stylelish in his creation, leaving lots of elegant music to the earthling.
One of the most characteristic signals of a cat entering or leaving a social group is the raising of its tail.
Twenty-four hours after leaving Waller's, I was sipping a single malt by my own fireside in Hampshire.
She didn't feel that way and tipped her gazpacho soup into my lap before leaving.
There was a brief flare of white light, and the Goddess vanished, leaving only a smattering of loose tinsel behind.
We calculate medians and quartiles of the age at leaving home by sex and race, using a fitted curve derived from a logit regression model.
The daft governor of Massachusetts, Mitch Romney, apparently is still thinking that the wingnuts will somehow allow a northeasterner to be a serious presidential candidate so he completely wimped out (and sucked up to the wingnuts) by leaving it to his spokesman. 07/14/2005
On the outside of the diestock the ultimately leaving liquid can be collected by suitable means, not shown.
All parents of students leaving primary school in June are invited to attend along with their children.
Besides leaving salt deposits, rusting internal parts and causing valve damage, water in an engine also makes short work of pistons and cylinders.
He was unemployed for two months after leaving college.
You look over the side of the deck and see smooth flowing waves, and the rain leaving ripples in the water.
Spoon the mincemeat into the jars, leaving a 1cm gap from the top. Times, Sunday Times
But not many months thereafter we heard that he also had departed, leaving it ungarnished of men; and we deem that the cause thereof is that something uncouth is seen and heard therein, which folk may not endure. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
But none have needed this much attention, never leaving his side even at work, much to the delight of colleagues.
He does not judge them, leaving the reader free to do so.
The game ended a few hours too early, leaving players and spectators unsatisfied.
Leaving aside the touching attempt to deflect criticism, what should savers do? Times, Sunday Times
Gamaliel defined no more than the beginnings and ends of blessings, leaving the prayer leader or individual worshipper to improvise on the set theme.
By 1134, two of Sancho's sons had successively acceded to both thrones and died without heirs, leaving only one son left - Ramiro, Bishop of Barbastro-Roda.
The boys move through the house, opening cupboards and shedding socks, leaving a Hansel and Gretel trail of chocolate coin foil, crumbs, used tissues and satsuma peel. Diary of a separation
Last week a car ploughed into a lamp post leaving two men fighting for their lives, although it has not been suggested the car was speeding.
It is already known that in some bowel cancers the K-Ras gene is faulty, leaving the switch permanently 'on'. patients who have a normally functioning K-Ras 'switch' might in some circumstances** benefit from new cancer drugs called cetuximab and panitumumab. THE MEDICAL NEWS
The old maxim of going out at the top and leaving them wanting more is still the best. The Sun
The toilet leaks, leaving the bathroom floor awash in slimy water.
That meant hordes of shoppers worked until yesterday, leaving presents unbought. The Sun
I've continued to study and avail of relevant training courses since leaving college.
Becca ran off without even looking at me, leaving me to deal with it on my own.
Never leaving his side, we will gather and store up all of the holy and loving thoughts inspired by the presence of the Lord of heaven and earth.
Surgery on his left shoulder involved unjointing it and inserting a pin, leaving him with only partial use of that arm.
Behind West, the retractable path that led to the elevator retracted, leaving them stranded on the circular platform.
When the police were leaving the women clapped and cheered. Times, Sunday Times
In places where there is no water for farming, men migrate to urban areas in search of work leaving women behind to fend for the old, and the infirm and the children.
Since he published a paper on fluoroquinolone side effects in 2001, says Dr. Jay Cohen, a medical researcher and associate professor at the University of California, San Diego, "I have received several hundred emails, most of which relate terrible, often catastrophic reactions that are slow to pass, leaving some people disabled for months or years. The ignored risks of America's most popular antibiotics
Her hair was lighter now, almost a honey blonde and she had curled it, parting her hair on the left side, leaving her bangs in a soft curl turning upwards on the side of her head.
But the uproar passed away in twenty minutes, leaving us all unharmed; excepting Cathy, who got thoroughly drenched for her obstinacy in refusing to take shelter, and standing bonnetless and shawlless to catch as much water as she could with her hair and clothes. Wuthering Heights
The alternative – leaving poisoned candy and loaded shotguns strewn around your property and just saying “hey, I told them damfool neighbor kids to keep off my lawn!” What Kind of Idiot? « Lean Left
After a year of construction and a weeklong postponement of the original opening date -- leaving die-hard fans champing at the bit -- Vivienne Westwood, the storied British fashion label, has finally opened its first U.S. store, on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. Vivienne Westwood Opens First US Shop In West Hollywood
The reductions will come through voluntary departures and by leaving open positions unfilled. Times, Sunday Times
When levels are low, a weir prevents water from leaving the lake.
So much is changing right now with Uni ending, my need to get a job, everyone leaving, everyone getting coupled up, I don't know how I'm going to manage.
Yet to that hideous place not fo confined By rigor unconniving, but that oft Leaving my dolorous prifon I enjoy Ltrge liberty to round this globe of earth, 365 The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical
He called the grooms, and we made ready, taking the horses out to where the folk of the archbishop waited in the sunny courtyard, and there leaving them. A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford
He had been accepted to a good college somewhere in Florida and would be leaving in a few short months to get settled into a dorm.
Colonel Kenton now saw the unhandsomeness of his leaving his wife at all, and he beheld in its true light his shabbiness in not going back to tell her he had found his old friend and was to bring him to dinner. A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories
It is a pity that a book that has such detail is unable to overcome the obstacles of intricacy without leaving the reader stuck in the quagmire of literary and historical obscurity.
Leaving it right on the edge is a bit distracting. The Beginner's Guide to Better Fishing Photography
The manhole covers had gone, leaving the streets pockmarked with gaping mantraps, while one abandoned tank was vanishing day by day, melting away "as if its armour-plating had been made of ice". Rereading: Naples '44 by Norman Lewis
They say he was involved in an accident when he was six in which his skull was fractured, leaving his sight and hearing impaired. Times, Sunday Times
This heating would melt the wax and allow it to be poured off or voided, leaving a hollow mould.
The ground opened up below him and he sunk into the sand, leaving the stone behind.
After leaving school he trained in Leven as an engineering draughtsman, then spent his National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Aldershot.
The ancient traveler leaving China along this road would pass through Dunhuang before braving the many hazards of the journey westwards through East Turkestan (present-day Xinjiang).
Leaving his horse he walked around the perimeter, the grind of his boots on gravel and grass the only sound in the evening stillness.
Muddy and broad, it picks its way across the plains, changing course at will, leaving a maze of dead ends, ox-bow lakes, swamps and lagoons.
She said something about leaving town.
The all-water cube had frozen normally, but those with more alcohol in them got slushier and slushier, leaving the final all-vodka cube completely liquid. Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet
Bossi brought down Berlusconi's first government by leaving the ruling coalition.
Do you think we will be awed by the number of nubile, dim-witted, improbably large-breasted young ladies your middle-aged "narrator" sleeps with in the throes of his midlife crisis, after leaving his wrinkled shrew of a wife? Archive 2009-09-01
Edward says Best Buy shipped off his busted work computer without letting him know, leaving him computerless for up to two weeks. Best Buy Sent My Computer Away For Repair Without My Approval - The Consumerist
The thieves had scaled two fences and dragged the pup out of her locked kennel and lifted her over the walls, leaving two less valuable dogs behind.
On leaving this we dug a hole and let the remainder of the water into it, in the hope of its longer continuance, and halted after a long journey in a valley in which there was a kind of watercourse with plenty of water, our latitude being 28 degrees 21 minutes 39 seconds. Expedition into Central Australia
Hejazi gave a speech, which boomed from the speakers over the convocation mall, leaving cookie nibblers stunned.
It combusts perfectly, leaving no residue, no ash.
She is very slim, just leaving behind her gawkiness, and she begins to hike her skirt up in front of the mirror.
This perfected, water soluble cream completely removes makeup and grime, without leaving greasy residue.
The impact caused a fire in the rear of the vehicle which then spread inside and raged through the entire bus, leaving nothing but a blackened skeleton.
After leaving the salon, he leaned against the rail and relit his cigar.
Administrators then "memorialize" the account by removing sensitive information while leaving photos and friends' public messages on display. Internet News: November 2009 Archives
After a coupla days down here in Melbooring this week, I suggest leaving the boardies behind and bring down the possum fur jacket… Cheeseburger Gothic » We’re thinking Longrain for Thursday in Melbourne.
To show this, I randomly permuted the values of the HS-series in Figure 9 below, leaving everything else unchanged. More on PCs « Climate Audit
Today retirees are increasingly leaving the shires and suburbs for the inner city, to be closer to theatres and restaurants. Times, Sunday Times
The left winglet had torn away, leaving a jagged stump, the left wing had bent upward, and along its upper surface some of the skin was separating from the internal structure. William Langewiesche on the Amazon air crash
Miguel stepped out and slammed the door, leaving Cristalena sitting inside like a porcelain doll.
In ancient times this was done by carrying the body to a high hilltop, leaving it bare for nature's scavengers to feed on.
Chop the chilli finely, removing the seeds if you wish (leaving them in will make it hotter) and add it to the dressing with most of the finely shredded mint (and coriander) leaves.
But the treats are supposed to be subjected to a metal detector before leaving the factory. The Sun
Charles the Bald could warn or punish by leaving a trail of havoc along his line of march.
The victim managed to retrieve her jacket and ran out the door leaving her sweater, mitts, hat and scarf inside.
Chong Wei has no peers in the tournament, which starts in Johor Baru today, and he should cruise to the title leaving the back-up players fighting for the right to meet him in the final. Nst online
With the leaving of the cars, East Hampton transformed from the rarified vacationland it had been, to just another lonely and desolate, Long Island small town. Jack Hannibal: Running on Clouds
The problem now is how to pay them without leaving home or getting warm. Times, Sunday Times
Finally, technology footprints continue to shrink, leaving that much more space ready to be used for other uses.
These days, Naomi is thinking about leaving her show and becoming Big Apple issei—moving to New York. Kickboxing Geishas
The former are called Sakrodia or those who ate the leavings of others, and the latter _Deotaon ki sansar_, or the divine Dangis. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
Mr. Astor had held the wheel for five hours and, at my suggestion, he retired to the comfortable little cabin and lay down for fifteen minutes, leaving the aeroboat to soar in great slow circles under its admirable automatic controls over the main battle area. The Conquest of America A Romance of Disaster and Victory
The trees had shed their leaves, leaving vast sheets of different colors covering the once bright green grasses.
Â It has thin bubbles that break when you touch them, leaving ridges that cut like obsidian. Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Smiley Ball 3
Her sacrifice & committment is to herself when she left Alaskans for the glory of being VP without a Lt. Governor and then leaving her elected seat to make money and do her beauty contestant walk & turns. Palin to visit Fort Hood during book tour
The rock was mostly poor quality shale and mudstone leaving a smooth soapy floor underfoot and this continued for a few hundred metres without respite.
The King left the lavish room for the banquet hall, leaving Shyra and Gaiden to finish preparing.
It has altered the position of the siphuncle, has placed it in the centre instead of leaving it on the back, but it still whirls its spiral logarithmically as did the Ammonites in the earliest ages of the world's existence. The Life of the Spider
As my train arrived, the monsoon abruptly stopped, the sun came out, leaving me gently steaming on platform five at Reading.
Leaving Calandra in the hands of Xan, I wrapped a himation around myself and dressed in a peplos.
In mid December, the dog teams turned back, leaving the rest to face the ascent of the Beardmore Glacier and the polar plateau.
Leaving aside these qualifications, however, many choice theories introduce a further general limitation upon legal enforceability.
Whoever made the original choice of plants did a splendid job, leaving us a mix of marginals, surface-leaved and submerged oxygenating plants, all of which I would highly recommend to fellow novice pond keepers.
The khansamah would appear to be the only functionary in residence until the hour of departure draws near, when a whole party of underlings -- chowkidars, bheesties, and sweepers -- appear from nowhere in particular; and the lordly traveller, having presented them with about twopence apiece, rolls off along the dusty white road, leaving the khansamah and his myrmidons salaaming on the verandah. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
Leaving keys in ignitions and leaving purses unguarded is not smart. Mexico living: five questions
I contributed a pound towards Jane's leaving present.
He'd been late getting back to the inn, having made a wide swing along the coast after leaving Miss Rondel and stopped to birdwatch. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
The cave dried up about 2, 000 years ago, leaving behind the formations.
The term lame duck refers to an elected official who has lost an election, or soon will be leaving office, during the period between the election and the date a successor will take over.
He became visibly annoyed when we offered him what was less obeisance than he expected and demanded and soon walked off with flaming cheeks, leaving us to the ministrations of his staff.
She went out, leaving Rachel to undress and have her shower.
They designed their 2,300-square-foot home to be sunk into the hillside, leaving little sunlit land left for gardening.
Tourists are beginning to go there, as it is a convenient point to remain if one wishes to visit Port Arthur, which is a long day's excursion, leaving early in the morning and returning on an evening train. Travels in the Far East
And when day-break dawned and the star of morn appeared in sheen and shone, he broke up the sitting and, dismissing the youths, donned his court-dress and leaving his house set out for the palace of the The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Most agreed the experience had dented their confidence and morale, leaving lasting memories of isolation and frustration.
Actually, its original coating was a strong, rusty umber, but the passing centuries had sapped the mineral pigment of its oxidic potency, leaving it a flat, dull rose, like a dance hall memory, and so thin that the original wood showed through it like the night sky through a canopy of fishnet. Skinny Legs and All
I slipped quietly back into the house and pulled the door shut after me, leaving the scene.
At this point, something goes a bit wrong, and some of the melted butter resists my attempts at emulsification, leaving me with a recognisable hollandaise, and a fair amount of grease. How to make perfect hollandaise sauce
Slide bead over the hook barb leaving it resting against the eye of the hook.
Soon after leaving the Blackheath, we descended from the sandstone platform by the pass of Mount Victoria. Chapter XIX
• Definitely more fun at the super, soaraway Sun, even for those who are leaving. Hugh Muir's diary
The immune system withers under the viral attack, leaving the body extremely vulnerable to other painful and life-threatening diseases.
The aircraft dived as it was buffeted by turbulence at 34,000 ft, lifting passengers high out of their seats and leaving them in fear of their lives.
Leaving school so young was the biggest mistake of my life.
The report also disclosed evidence of more people leaving the party. Times, Sunday Times
But the plan backfired when the driver couldn't get the flash car to start as they left the restaurant - leaving the couple at the mercy of the paparazzi.
Only the outline has been cut out and then something happened, leaving the work forever undone.
The countryside of Pisa had been ravaged by aerial bombardments and artillery barrages, leaving only a wilderness of roofless houses and smoking craters.
Don't waste space by leaving a wide margin.
It left her leaving, gliding away gladly towards the kitchen. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
Three such soldiers were there at this time, cleaving through waves of eye laden stalks as they rose from the dust.
Loose ends still abound in the final reel, leaving the film with a less than satisfying conclusion.
The property and porn barons did not even turn up for the meeting, leaving their "sacker" to do the deed. 'Sacker' Karren Brady would never sugar the pill for Gianfranco Zola
Leaving the relationship does not mean that the battering will stop.
The marching an army into the midst of a peaceful Mexican settlement, frightening the inhabitants away, leaving their growing crops and other property to destruction, to you may appear a perfectly amiable, peaceful, unprovoking procedure; but it does not appear so to us. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
Since shareholders have a nasty habit of leaving, customers will probably have to bear the brunt of these losses and the bank may try to push profit margins even wider apart.
Avoid leaving any windows open while you are out and try to ensure valuables are not visible to people peering in. The Sun
Opening the door she eased carefully into the passenger seat with her eyes never leaving him.
After the introduction of aspirin, he had developed not only several more drugs but also cellulose acetate, acetate silk, and acetate safety film before leaving Bayer in 1908 to establish his own factory in Berlin.
Coconut milk or cream is a thick sweet liquid produced by pouring boiling water over grated coconut, leaving it to cool, and squeezing the liquid from the pulp through a straining cloth.
When Leila was seven years old, her stepfather ran out of fuel when mowing, leaving a large rectangle of unmown orchard grass.
She made a rather faint-hearted attempt to stop him from leaving.
C.C. testified that she was also deliberately scalded by her mother on numerous occasions when she was in the bathtub, leaving permanent scars.
The sun has dipped beneath the horizon, leaving behind a pink glow joined by a crescent moon.
I've got mixed feelings about leaving college—it's great to finish my studies, but I'm rather worried about finding a job.
No trace, only my cigarette smoke, hovering like a wraith, betrayed my presence by leaving the shadow of its scent as it passed through drab walls.
Part of South Milford was flooded yesterday after swollen dykes overflowed into High Street, leaving the village playing field, post office and several houses under water.
You made a mistake in leaving her alone.
The forestry here, at the back of the swimming pool, will be cleared of soft woods leaving the native hard woods in place and will provide an amenity area for visitors and locals.
The creatures burrowed into the wet ground at great speed, leaving only a ripple or a bubble to mark their passage.
Leaving the world a better place than we found it by reversing this downward spiral hatred and ignorance for our children and our grandchildren is truly the "Game Changer" that we all need to strive for. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf: Why I'm Honored to Be Named a Huffington Post Game Changer
Some have been guaranteed jobs on leaving school after proving themselves reliable.
The report also disclosed evidence of more people leaving the party. Times, Sunday Times
Separate ice fields also encroached from the North Sea, driving eastwards through what is now the Vale Of Pickering and covering much of the East Yorkshire plain, leaving the moors and wolds as isolated highlands.
Returning to Cardiff, he became a supernumerary registrar to the medical school before leaving to become a general practitioner in the Swansea Valley.
Freely on offer at 4/1 before the off Rockstown Lad made a nonsense of those odds as he winged out of trap five leaving his rivals floundering in his wake.
They came tramping through the kitchen leaving dirty footmarks.
Taking a complete change of clothes and a cake of soap, I head down to a secluded part of the small river, leaving Marissa to gather wood for our fire.

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