How to use "leaving" in a sentence

Sometimes, that means cutting out something and leaving it in the past

We jumped into the boat, leaving all our food and guns behind

The birds and animals started leaving.

'Well, I'm not leaving this room,' said Alice.

Soon after that, I heard that I was leaving the army early, and they gave me some money for a train ticket to go home.

She went soon after Barnett's arrival, leaving some clothing, which included a man's overcoat, some shirts, a petticoat, and a bonnet.

He walked angrily out of the room, leaving the mayor and the prostitute alone together

With those words he bowed and left the office, leaving M

Cosette was leaving at last

'So you're leaving me.'

Within seconds, the soldiers had left the barricade, leaving their dead and wounded behind, and were running into the darkness at the far end of the street.

My dearest, We are leaving this house at once

My dearest, We are leaving this house at once

The rebels rushed to their positions, leaving Valjean alone with Javert inside the wine shop

'Monsieur, you are very kind,' said Jean Valjean, shaking Marius's hand and leaving the room.

I'm leaving the two candlesticks by the bed to Cosette

He was leaving a cafe with a friend

"You're thinking of leaving me for two whole years and you can't see the problem?"

There was one last Ultranet Talk Hour with Cham before the end of the month, but Sala decided it wasn't even worth trying to talk to him about leaving

that would mean leaving Cham behind forever." Sala's eyes filled with tears

The thought of leaving Monte Carlo and Maxim de Winter was a terrible one

She wanted to tell everyone that she was leaving.

Instead of leaving, he stood by Maxim's chair.

'Do you mind leaving the house?' said Maxim coldly

I'm leaving London now and going back to Manderley

As the room grew warm again, the doorknobs and the radio casing and the other metal objects quickly shed their fragile skins of ice, leaving shallow puddles on furniture and damp spots in the carpet

Each time that Tina moved on to talk to someone else, she regretted leaving Elliot, and each time that she found him again, she stayed with him longer than she had before

Tina arrived at Bally's Hotel at ten minutes till two, Wednesday afternoon, leaving her Honda with a valet parking attendant.

Only a skilled burglar could have broken in without leaving a trace

She imagined herself leaving her office, walking down the long hallway, opening doors, peering into silent, deserted offices, until at last she found a man sitting at another terminal

In a few seconds, the medium would evaporate too, leaving nothing unusual to arouse the initial attending physician's suspicion.

"Have you been checking small craft leaving the airport?" Kennebeck asked.

Elliot was glad they had bought a couple of heavy coats before leaving Las Vegas

It didn't swoop and dart uncontrollably this time; it crept carefully, hesitantly across the paper, leaving a thin red line of ink like a thread of blood.

After leaving Billy Sandstone's house in his Explorer, Tina and Elliot had not returned to the hotel

On Thursday, I was leaving the church and going home for lunch when I met Colonel Protheroe.

'Did anybody see you entering or leaving the vicarage?'

'She's leaving.'

'Who's leaving?'

And I am leaving right now

Then suddenly, just as I was leaving Mr Clement's study, I noticed the plant in the pot by the window - and - well, there it was! Clear as day!'

It said that Griselda had been seen leaving Lawrence Redding's cottage at twenty past six on the day of the murder

I drove the cart down the road and, leaving it with my wife and servant, rushed into the house and packed a few valuables

'Death is coming! Death!' and leaving him to think about that, I hurried on to Weybridge.

The ground moved and a heavy explosion shook the air, smashing two or three windows in the houses and leaving us shocked.

'That same night something strange happened! In the middle of the night, when I was not completely asleep, I became aware that my wife was dressed and was leaving the room

As Connie asked the next question, she wondered if the words were leaving her lips

He told us that Mrs Catherick, Anne's mother, had been a servant in his family for many years before leaving to get married

I am afraid to come back this afternoon, so I am leaving you this note at six in the morning

And then, instead of leaving ten thousand pounds to his sister directly, he left the money to Laura

As I was leaving our house, Marian touched my arm

'I know you're leaving England, and I know why.'

After leaving school, Rigoberta worked against human rights crimes by Guatemalan soldiers from 1960 to 1996, during a war in the country