I returned to the sawing process, and at the end of half an hour succeeded in severing the rope. From Wordnik.com. [Yellow Handkerchief] Reference
The Supremes overstepped their authority in severing a recount of the results which has subsequently shown that W lost in Florida. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast PM: July 5, 2006] Reference
Tamyris swings at it next, her greatsword severing its arm at the shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Session 1: Every New Beginning « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
A chain holding a group of satyrs parted as he swayed to the side, his sword severing several links. From Wordnik.com. [Odyssey]
British Colonies, and have never conceived the idea of severing their own connection with the mother country. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of South Africa] Reference
But critics argue that the entire child-welfare network must approach the idea of severing parents 'rights as aggressively as it now approaches family reunification. From Wordnik.com. [Why Leave Children With Bad Parents?] Reference
Does her actual Senate record reflects seven years of 'severing' whatever loyalties she once had to the common good?. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Debate Roundup] Reference
Further changes, such as severing the link between housing costs and housing benefit, will only serve to deepen the ramifications. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The waiters step back between them, severing them. From Wordnik.com. [Touch Me] Reference
Ben Avon, severing us from the north-western world. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
China responded by severing high-level government contacts. From Wordnik.com. [Analysts: China Growing Increasingly Assertive Along Its Coast] Reference
Ending a job relationship is not unlike severing a mortal one. From Wordnik.com. [Really, I'm Fine--Just Ask Me] Reference
They mourn the dire severing of blesséd soul from blesséd body. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Cairns: The Dormition of the Mother of God] Reference
At the critical moment it is released simply by severing the thread. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
My only regret about the divorce is the severing of our relationship. From Wordnik.com. [The Ties That Bind] Reference
They mourn the dire severing of blesséd soul from blesséd body. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Cairns: The Dormition of the Mother of God] Reference
Indeed, severing the parent-child tie is always considered the last resort. From Wordnik.com. [Irreconcilable Differences] Reference
The statute also calls for the severing of any ties with the Revolutionary Guards. From Wordnik.com. [Russians to Fuel Iranian Reactor] Reference
As you work together, you're creating bonds -- or severing bonds, as the case may be. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Capabilities Behind Great Leadership] Reference
Don't give knives or letter openers as gifts; they signify the severing of a relationship. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Ahead In The U.S.S.R.] Reference
Since severing ties with Wright and Trinity, Obama is a little spiritually rootless again. From Wordnik.com. [Finding His Faith] Reference
The new technologies and this kind of removal that we see: it's a severing that's happened. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Lydon: Real India: A Land Soon Without Tigers, and Maybe Orchids (AUDIO)] Reference
And her lie felt pure, a sharp axe between them, severing the lines of expectation and need. From Wordnik.com. [Casualty] Reference
My central nervous system is rebelling harder, severing its own connections with steel teeth. From Wordnik.com. [The Nightly Dance] Reference
Doctors said Mr. Corsan missed severing his spinal cord by a quarter inch and had two skull fractures. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The buffalo had injured its leg, partially severing it, while tearing itself free from a poacher's wire snare. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Kok, Zimbabwean Conservationist, Killed By Wounded Buffalo] Reference
Putting Resolution 1929 into place doesn't constitute a full severing of ties, but it's still a significant step. From Wordnik.com. [Iran Sanctions Momentum] Reference
Washington, but I conjectured that it meant a severing of my relations with the Second Division, Fourth Army Corps. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Instead of waiting, he charged forward, again cutting at the sword arm of his adversary, severing fingers this time. From Wordnik.com. [Despoilers of the Golden Empire] Reference
How about the Phantom of the Opera Horror Makeup Show, where the pros show you how to simulate the severing of a vein?. From Wordnik.com. [A Real Kongfrontation] Reference
But as family-preservation programs took Off, the threat of severing the rights of abusive parents all but disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Why Leave Children With Bad Parents?] Reference
That's spawned a new profession, as the money crowd moves in to advise severing couples about the financial implications. From Wordnik.com. [The Spoils Of Marriage] Reference
New roads and increasing traffic are polluting mountain valleys and lakes, fragmenting habitats and severing migration routes. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
Seeing that the police were bound to make a case against him, he seized the plumber's knife and cut his throat, severing the windpipe. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
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