Example sentences for: leaving

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

  • It's gratifying to see that some twenty-five years after leaving the Enemies List White House, Safire has come to appreciate the awesome dangers of information trafficking, but it's interesting that his proposed reforms still smack of the Nixon M.O.

  • Because they serve delivery points with a range of profitability, postal administrations fear that without monopoly protection cream skimmers would capture their high profit routes, leaving them with their less profitable routes.

  • True to wild-West stereotypes, Stewart was slain by a neighboring farmer, leaving his strong-willed wife, Helen, to assume the duties of the ranch.

  • Members agreed to hike payroll taxes, raise the retirement age, and invest some money in stocks, but failed to agree on how far to privatize the system . One faction favors letting individuals manage their own investment accounts; another favors leaving the stock-picking to the government; a third would set up individual accounts but would fund them separately through a payroll tax hike.

  • Dole's campaign chairman protested that "leaving money in someone's pocket is not a scheme" but later conceded that this "focus-group tested" phrase had killed the Republican ticket.


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