Example Sentences

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All, all the fault is mine; it would take too long to explain, you wouldn't believe me—you couldn't—and so I am deserting you.

From Cytherea by Hergesheimer, Joseph

"Bonjour, Sir Dennis; sorry I am deserting the villa as you are making your entree."

From A Heart-Song of To-day by Savigny, Annie Gregg

"Faith, sir," was the answer, "I am deserting; I'm getting tired of being always beaten."

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert

"I feel almost as if I am deserting my post," she told him, with a rather piteous smile.

From The Top of the World by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

I am deserting my father and abandoning everything.

From The Sea-Gull by Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich