Example sentences for: departed

How can you use “departed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Tyndale was born in Gloucestershire and attended Oxford and Cambridge, where the spirit of the recently departed Erasmus still glowed.

  • In London, columnist Matt Ridley of the conservative Daily Telegraph departed from the paper's fiercely anti-Clinton line by saying that "compared with ancient emperors, modern American presidents--even a Kennedy or a Clinton--are models of monogamy."

  • When Jarrah departed Miami on July 25, Atta appears to have driven him to the airport, another unique circumstance.

  • A great many words in Quechua begin with hua- or gua- (used interchangeably), so when the hacienda owner tells his Indian quachimán to keep a sharp lookout on his nightly rounds, neither may realize that the word derives from watchman . And when Mami is persuaded that daughter needs a new sweater and buys her a chompa , neither may think of the long departed Englishwomen whose jumpers brought the word into the language.

  • Air Force One departed at about 9:54 without any fixed destination.


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