How To Use Severing In A Sentence

The first of the threads snaps as my claw slices through it, severing it.
The first season of the local political satire didn't live up to its promise, but it's worth persevering with and an expanded cast and new writers are promised for this new season.
But even harder to make are decisions about adoption when Marian knows that she is severing families in a permanent way.
Severing political discussion from decision and action, however, focuses the locus of Habermasian politics strictly on discussion and what he calls a discourse theory of democracy. LeverWealth
If a surgical procedure is necessary, care should be taken to preserve breast function by using a radial incision, which has less chance of severing the nerve supply or lactiferous ducts than the usual circumareolar incision.

But in the real world, you couldn’t really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other, with the child equally divided between. It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again. It was what you couldn't see, those tiniest of pieces, that were lost in the severing, and their absence kept everything from being complete. Sarah Dessen
But in the real world, you couldn’t really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other, with the child equally divided between. It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again. It was what you couldn't see, those tiniest of pieces, that were lost in the severing, and their absence kept everything from being complete. Sarah Dessen
The ruling Kuomintang is desperately in need of reform, including rooting out blatant corruption and severing gangland ties.
He was doing something much less drastic than severing a digit or limb, but still painful.
On Christmas day, Cassini will jettison the Huygens probe, severing the electronic umbilical link.
May I be strenuous, energetic and persevering !May I be patient! May I be able to bear and forbear the wrongs of others! May I ever keep a promise given!
She's been touted as an inspiring, persevering all-star by leader Jack Layton and his orange vanguard, and is regularly fawned and slobbered over by the media.
If we step on shore, the ‘Charadrius caruncula’, a species of plover, a most plaguy sort of “public-spirited individual”, follows you, flying overhead, and is most persevering in its attempts to give fair warning to all the animals within hearing to flee from the approaching danger. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Obama seemed to be severing himself from Sen. McGovern, who diabolized the war, from John Kerry, who came home from Vietnam to say Americans were acting like war criminals, and from Jimmy Carter, who in 1976 called Vietnam a VDARE.com - Latest Articles
He’s a postcard president posturing for a good photo op and a one sentence sound bite so the chances of him severing his tongue with an incisor is minimized. Think Progress » From “Mission Accomplished” to “Tough Days Ahead”
David attributed his company's success to the unity of all the staff and their persevering hard work.
But in the real world, you couldn’t really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other, with the child equally divided between. It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again. It was what you couldn't see, those tiniest of pieces, that were lost in the severing, and their absence kept everything from being complete. Sarah Dessen
Before the scythe could get halfway through its arc, the void-sword was flashing through the air, severing the long haft of the farm tool.
Yet your mother persevered - she is still persevering.
David attributed his company's success to the unity of all the staff and their persevering hard work.
Adversity is a hard but great teacher in life - it either builds you up or breaks you down. Adversity has produced many of the most successful people in the world. Adversity has defeated many inspiring and clever people. Adversity harasses the weak but surrenders to those who are determined, persistent and persevering. Dr T.P.Chia
It said Foreign Affairs clearly did not understand the consequences of South Africa's "overhasty" action in severing diplomatic ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan). ANC Daily News Briefing
The sword twirled once -- a flash -- then it descended, severing the lance in front of the owner's grip. The Prince of India — Volume 02
It is worth persevering, however, because the more one reads of this book, the more justified Grass seems in backing away from dramatising the disaster.
with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business
As he passed the demon he sliced at its left arm, severing it midway between the elbow and the shoulder.
Or Dr. Frankenstein concocting from his menagerie of elemental particles a wondrous creation but one that could, in an instant, mutate into a destructive monster, severing pinkies, arms, perhaps even torsos. The “45.5 Meteorite Craters Made by Humans on Their 45.5 Hundred Million Year Old Planet” Fountain
Police have released few details on the sixth and fifth feet, but the other four showed signs of disarticulation, which means the foot separated naturally from the leg, not through severing that would prompt speculation of foul play. The Mystery is Afoot: Sixth Severed Foot Found in BC : Law is Cool
The rich browns, purples and blues of the beak, cheek and eye, all worked into a froth of white, end with the severing of that rather swanlike neck.
David attributed his company's success to the unity of all the staff and their persevering hard work.
Despite past criticism for being weak-kneed and soft on dictators, the ex-President has advocated persevering in negotiations even with those nations Washington views as hostile.
He has survived by persevering despite the odds.
Severing the umbilical cord between landlords and peasants vastly increased the proportion of the population for which the centre was directly responsible.
For that matter, why do you think that severing the CC "garbles" signals? Backing Into an Evidentiary Standard for ID
decent people" advisedly, for those who bring this kind of suit _are decent_, wishing to act honorably and kindly, and carrying out the always difficult severing of the marriage bond with as little pain as possible. Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards
With reason, therefore, everybody admired Cato, when they saw others sink under labors, and grow effeminate by pleasures; and yet beheld him unconquered by either, and that not only when he was young and desirous of honor, but also when old and greyheaded, after a consulship and triumph; like some famous victor in the games, persevering in his exercise and maintaining his character to the very last. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
Students should straighten your backs, study hard, and work hard perseveringly, using your own hands to build up your homeland more splendid. We must have such confidence and courage.
The education director is persevering in his attempt to obtain additional funding for the school.
Are any of them going to risk losing corporate campaign contributions by severing government programs that benefit big business?
One leading theory holds that it is simply the result of "cognitive unbinding "—a severing of communication between the many brain regions that usually cooperate in higher cognitive processing.
Few observers, however, even in the Tsardom, gaged the strength or foresaw the effects of the anarchist propaganda which was being carried on suasively and perseveringly, oftentimes unwittingly, in the nursery, the school, the church, the university, and with eminent success in the army and the navy. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
A dramatic panorama is our reward for persevering in the tropical heat.
_gratis_ -- a fact soon proved by the inroad of a few "rowdies," and the ubiquitous vendors of lollipops and peanuts, headed by the persevering distributor of hymns. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada
She executed a perfect sweep across the creature's arm, severing the limb from its shoulder.
The additional energy is probably consumed in severing the connection between the spore and its perch (sterigma). PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
He was so concentrated on it and careful, persevering, and his technology had been better than professional technician, and his grind compound lens magnification, should be higher than theirs.
Students should raise up your rigid spine, study hard, and work hard perseveringly , using your own hands to build up your homeland more splendid. We must have such confidence and courage.
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 .... The Fruit of the Tree
She was persevering enough to reach the height of her ambition and become the managing director of the company.
May I be strenuous, energetic and persevering !May I be patient! May I be able to bear and forbear the wrongs of others! May I ever keep a promise given!
However, persevering through trial and error could reveal bonus material such as outtake reels, more behind-the-scenes features, or even entire re-edits of films. BBC News | Technology | World Edition
Love endures all things, persevering and remaining loyal to the end.
In the end, artificial wombs are different from current technologies like IVF and modern arrangements like surrogacy, because they represent the final severing of reproduction from the human body.
May I be strenuous, energetic and persevering !May I be patient! May I be able to bear and forbear the wrongs of others! May I ever keep a promise given!
Your own persevering chirruping is (in my humble judgment) so out of character with a season, in which every wise creature must be apprehensive for the future, that I can only excuse it on the ground of an ignorance and levity, which you have had no opportunity of correcting. Parables From Nature
It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations. Kahlil Gibran
She kicked just below the lockset, severing the hollow interior door from the frame and sending it twirling from its upper hinge. Sparks
He is steady, persevering, deliberate, unflappable and safe.
I would effectively be severing my connection with them too.
The education director is persevering in his attempt to obtain additional funding for the school.
She opened her mouth to protest, but found Abigale had already turned to leave, severing their conversation with a startling terseness.
May I be strenuous, energetic and persevering !May I be patient! May I be able to bear and forbear the wrongs of others! May I ever keep a promise given!
First, the Churchmen were conspicuous by their absence; and secondly, all the old grey-headed counsellors, who had been the pride and ornament of the reigns of Edmund and Edred, were not seen; for, after the rumour of their marriage had reached Odo, he had pronounced the sentence of the lesser excommunication upon them, severing them from the sacraments; and this was felt by the old counsellors of Edred to be a most serious stigma, yet one which they could not call undeserved: hence they deserted the court. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune
They finished the erection in about one hundred and three hours; and thinking of their heroic, courageous and persevering conduct, one is reminded of the building of Nehemiah's wall, which was even less difficult and dangerous than this work on the Bell Rock: -- "So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof; _for the people had a mind to work_. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands
She was persevering enough to reach the height of her ambition and become the managing director of the company.
The old, cranky generator breaks down with an annoying frequency, severing us from the computer and studio lights.
She screeched, swiping at weeds with her claws, severing the yellow blossoms.
May I be strenuous, energetic and persevering !May I be patient! May I be able to bear and forbear the wrongs of others! May I ever keep a promise given!
The first bullet hit him in the back, severing his spine.
The ruling Kuomintang is desperately in need of reform, including rooting out blatant corruption and severing gangland ties.
And the process seemed to take on an almost spiritual significance - as if we were not only cutting our hair, but ritually severing our links with civilisation.
[AU] One of the ablest mathematicians, and the most persevering Hamiltono-mastix of the day, maintains the applicability of the metaphysical notion of infinity to mathematical magnitudes; but with an assumption which unintentionally vindicates Hamilton's position more fully than could have been done by a professed disciple. The Philosophy of the Conditioned
Adversity is a hard but great teacher in life - it either builds you up or breaks you down. Adversity has produced many of the most successful people in the world. Adversity has defeated many inspiring and clever people. Adversity harasses the weak but surrenders to those who are determined, persistent and persevering. Dr T.P.Chia
Victory belongs to the most persevering. Napoleon Bonaparte
Persevering, steady, crafty, and possessing, to an eminent degree, that happy art of "canting" which opens the readiest way to character and consequence, the rise and reputation of Mr. Vavasour The Disowned — Complete
Students should rise up your rigid spine, study hard, and work hard perseveringly, using your own hands to build up your homeland more splendid. We must have such confidence and courage.
First to atone for the murder still unexpiated, she held above their heads the young of a sow whose dugs yet swelled from the fruit of the womb, and, severing its neck, sprinkled their hands with the blood; and again she made propitiation with other drink offerings, calling on Zeus the The Argonautica
Again, He tells us: "_The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away_," that is to say, _the valiant, the energetic, and persevering_, will alone succeed in securing it; for the words _bear away_ express the action of one that seizes a prey. Serious Hours of a Young Lady
May I be strenuous, energetic and persevering !May I be patient! May I be able to bear and forbear the wrongs of others! May I ever keep a promise given!
Another sword spun towards the demon that sliced right through the creature's neck, severing the head from the body in one cut.
She was persevering enough to reach the height of her ambition and become the managing director of the company.
We're going to need all of the other countries and we ought not to be severing any relationships with them.
David attributed his company's success to the unity of all the staff and their persevering hard work.
If riders end up severing their digits in a panic stop, take solace in knowing that it's probably in a cyclocross race and not on a city street - right hand pull wire runs the front brake, cx style. Right of Way: Watching Where You're Going
It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations. Kahlil Gibran
CARACAS: The United States voiced support Friday for ally Colombia in an escalating confrontation with Venezuela that has seen Caracas severing all diplomatic relations with Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
I just don't think I would be as persevering, I don't think I would be as patient.
A torpedo had hit port side aft near an ammunition magazine, completely severing her stern.
She said a fond farewell to parents and children at the school's sports day on Friday, but she will not be severing her connection with the nursery entirely.
God gracious bless me, how my poor head is vexed and worried by that girl Gupe's so perseveringly asking, over and over again , about her tiresome letters!
I have perseveringly frisked in the high places of iniquity, I have junketed with all evil gods, and the utmost they could pretend to offer any of their servitors was a spasm. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
Deep in the ship's heart three small bombs went off, severing her main power couplings.
It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations. Kahlil Gibran
The intercalary month by which the Arabs adjusted the lunar months to the solar year is abolished, severing the connection between the religious rituals and the seasons.
I say “in a country like this;” for, if there be any country which deserves that Science should not run wild, like a planet broken loose from its celestial system, it is a country which can boast of such hereditary faith, of such a persevering confessorship, of such an accumulation of good works, of such a glorious name, as Ireland. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin
All you have to do is to work hard and perseveringly in this process, the ability to endure setbacks and failures, to keep your heart expand, can make things better.
The individual cages allowed the transfer of mussels to respirometry chambers without severing their byssus.
Since severing his ties with the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago - where the now-retired Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. delivered sermons that, by the president's own admission, were racially "incendiary" - Obama has been in search of a new church. STLtoday.com Top News Headlines
This includes unspecified economic penalties and the severing of diplomatic relations.
‘America’ remains a malaprop incapable of dissevering its rhetorical trusses to colonial discourse.
She allows it to just slightly graze her, severing the strand of pearls, which shower down onto the ground, and rending her garment to expose pure white skin gashed by scintillating fragments of light. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
Three years after severing diplomatic relations, the two countries re - established their ties.
Victory belongs to the most persevering. Napoleon Bonaparte
Is severing ties with Taiwan a precondition for Salvador to establish relations with China?
Persevering, steady, crafty, and possessing, to an eminent degree, that happy art of "canting" which opens the readiest way to character and consequence, the rise and reputation of Mr. Vavasour Mordaunt appeared less to be wondered at than envied; yet, even envy was only for those who could not look beyond the surface of things. The Disowned — Volume 05
The neural transmitter couldn't be removed without severing the spinal cord.
May I be strenuous, energetic and persevering !May I be patient! May I be able to bear and forbear the wrongs of others! May I ever keep a promise given!
Veltrop swung the deadly blade with pinpoint accuracy severing the head of the attacker.
The education director is persevering in his attempt to obtain additional funding for the school.
She was persevering enough to reach the height of her ambition and become the managing director of the company.
Severing the cardioid arteries releases the pressure and drains blood from the brain. Asimov's Science Fiction
In the UK this will most likely include your eyeballs too as you find yourself sucked inexorably into ITV4's coverage with poor old doggedly persevering Matt Smith, locked in his bankside broom cupboard with Robert Croft for the next 49 days and 73 matches. IPL4 is the ideal accompaniment to the parochial intrigue of ECC112 | Barney Ronay
Risa came to his aid however, severing the limb before cutting into the monster's metallic hide.
Students should straighten your backs, study hard, and work hard perseveringly, using your own hands to build up your homeland more splendid. We must have such confidence and courage.
‘But it is my duty to tell you, Miss Lynch, that the gentry of this counthry, before whom you will have to appear, will express very great indignation at your conduct in persevering in placing poor people like the Kellys in so dreadful a predicament, by your wilful and disgraceful obstinacy.’ The Kellys and the O'Kellys
The Real American story of how brave young Track Palin enlisted in the army to go fight in Iraq in order to avoid jail time for severing the brake line on a public school bus. Think Progress » Palin’s talk show debut garners weak reviews, lower-than-expected ratings.
If we say that the meaning of the verb "foreknow" in Rom. 8: 29 is "whom he foresaw as believing and persevering," we are not to think that we have ended the matter, for we are compelled to ask the further question: Whence this faith which God foresees? Possessing the Treasure
David attributed his company's success to the unity of all the staff and their persevering hard work.
The former German capital had been left deep in the heart of the Soviet zone of occupation, and in June 1948 Stalin sought to resolve its status by severing road and rail communications.
The flashiest 3-D effects involve propelling sharp objects directly at the audience, and one woozy flashback includes the off-camera severing of a male body part. 'Drive Angry 3D': Nicolas Cage and rage running on empty
The intercalary month by which the Arabs adjusted the lunar months to the solar year is abolished, severing the connection between the religious rituals and the seasons.
Severing the umbilical cord between landlords and peasants vastly increased the proportion of the population for which the centre was directly responsible.
But in the real world, you couldn’t really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other, with the child equally divided between. It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again. It was what you couldn't see, those tiniest of pieces, that were lost in the severing, and their absence kept everything from being complete. Sarah Dessen
The bogle that comes to a house at night and throttles the goodman is a creature more hardy than the dragon, and more persevering. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature
Heâ€ ™ s a postcard president posturing for a good photo op and a one sentence sound bite so the chances of him severing his tongue with an incisor is minimized. Think Progress » From “Mission Accomplished” to “Tough Days Ahead”
It extended from the _prima luce_, from the earliest dawn of radiance that streaked the "severing clouds in yonder east," through the sun's matin, meridian, postmeridian, and vesper circuit; from the disappearance of Lucifer in the re-illumined skies, to his evening entree in the character of Hesperus. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
Obama seemed to be severing himself from Senator McGovern, who diabolized the war, from John Kerry, who came home from Vietnam to say Americans were acting like war criminals, and from Jimmy Carter, who in 1976 called Vietnam a "racist war. 西儒 ─ The Western Confucian
The education director is persevering in his attempt to obtain additional funding for the school.
A model friend of hers told her about a procedure called a leukotomy, an operation in which connective fibres are cut, severing the connection between two different areas of the brain.
It occurred to Waller that by destroying such centres, or by severing the connection at various regions between a nervous tract and its trophic centre, sharply defined tracts could be made to degenerate, and their location could subsequently be accurately defined, as the degenerated tissues take on a changed aspect, both to macroscopical and microscopical observation. A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume IV: Modern Development of the Chemical and Biological Sciences
He died of massive internal injuries, including the severing of his aorta - the main artery to his heart.
Extrication required amputation — Mr. Ralston 's left-handed severing of his right forearm, which was pinned between a chalkstone boulder and the canyon wall. Dark
But there is no alternative to persevering and going forward.
The cannon rounds tore into two of the vehicle structures, severing the tops of their metal bodies.
Others have suggested that cofilin depolymerizes by severing filaments and capping their barbed ends.
We must adhere to the orientation of severing people and society.
Maybe he thinks persevering or even muddling through is the right thing in this situation.
The first bullet hit him in the back, severing his spine.
This paper also advocates managing carefully and perseveringly and energizing to publicize and educate to train the staff and workers' consciousness in saving energy conscientiously.

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