Example Sentences

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After a lot of talking it was arranged that we should go up by the 11 o'clock train, and accordingly we started with as much fuss as if we had been departing for a month.

From The Visits of Elizabeth by Glyn, Elinor

We managed the work of departure from Semlin with nearly as much solemnity as if we had been departing this life.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir