Noun : His leave-taking was brief. From Dictionary.com.
As I recollect it now, it was a solemn leave-taking. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
When the hour of leave-taking came, she was very sad. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
The thing that ought to worry you is my leave-taking. From Wordnik.com. [L.P.M. : the end of the Great War] Reference
Miss Letitia became a little tearful in her leave-taking. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
On leave-taking His Highness graciously presented me with. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
The last six stanzas are occupied with the author's leave-taking. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
This leave-taking was followed a few days later by that of the Corps. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
The departure for Paris was now fixed, but the leave-taking with the. From Wordnik.com. [Story-Lives of Great Musicians] Reference
Whether, in the hurry of salutations and leave-taking, Mabel actually. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Mary] Reference
Shelby contrived a leave-taking, and bounded down the terraced slopes. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
I try to be affected, moved, by this leave-taking, but without success. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
After a most affectionate leave-taking with our other friends, with whom. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
We invariably do this; it is the most delicious leave-taking imaginable. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
"I can generally bear the separation, but I don't like the leave-taking.". From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
The Chamber of the Parrots was the scene of her leave-taking with her father. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
As it was, the weather made his leave-taking gloomier than it need have been. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
I could tell them nothing that they did not know, save only my leave-taking with. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
With this cool leave-taking Flint's association with his aunt had come to an end. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
The leave-taking of Mr. Pembroke, Edward's tutor, was even longer and more solemn. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
A glance thither satisfied him for a leave-taking, which yet displayed some sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
At leave-taking time, the professor admonished Alfred: "Do not forget what I told you.". From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
On the evening of his departure for New York, she was witness to their merry leave-taking. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
His leave-taking at Groton was at the end of February, 1630; his embarkation was on March 22. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864] Reference
They kissed each other with effusion, but M. de Talbrun's leave-taking was icy in the extreme. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The manner of John's leave-taking, had struck, with no little amazement, all those who saw him. From Wordnik.com. [Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter] Reference
It was curious to see how differently each of the Olmstead group was affected by this leave-taking. From Wordnik.com. [Sara, a Princess] Reference
He had to prepare Texans for his early leave-taking by becoming less coy about running for president. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's Trouble In The 'Bubble'] Reference
Having exchanged this last friendly lie, they went through the customary Dovenilid formula of leave-taking. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
Aunt Susan saw the tears which had sprung into the young eyes at the leave-taking and drew her down on the step. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Difficult and sad as this official leave-taking was, she had made up her mind to carry if through with good cheer. From Wordnik.com. [Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian] Reference
Dingaan, amiable to excess, insisted that they should accompany him to his kraal, and there make a formal leave-taking. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
On the way home, I catch up on the newspapers I ignored as we dutifully executed our parental leave-taking responsibilities. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Densen: Learning to Make a Difference] Reference
She flounced from the room without further leave-taking, and as she fled on to her own chamber her anger escaped its bounds. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Thus, his wife and he would avoid meeting any one, and would escape the leave-taking of friends and the curiosity of lockers-on. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Half the battle was won; she let him hold her hand a moment at leave-taking while he reinforced his remarks by many repetitions. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
This evening I come to you with a message of leave-taking and farewell, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my countrymen. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Conniff: Military-Industrial Complex @ 50] Reference
Mr. De Mousa and Lady Angora, without staying for a formal leave-taking, quitted the room and the house with evident precipitation. From Wordnik.com. [Comical People] Reference
The shower having ceased, the moon shining brightly through the window, the stranger walked out again, without the sign of leave-taking. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
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