Example Sentences

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She’d talked about her move as though she was emigrating, though the drive takes only about an hour and a half.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 26, 2019

Lida happened to mention a mutual friend who was emigrating.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2015

It appeared he had planned an abrupt departure - writing to the children's schools to say that the family was emigrating.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2011

Years after, when Jim was emigrating, I believe Lord Chelford gave him a handsome present.

From Wylder's Hand by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

I bought her from a tenant on the property who was emigrating to Canada; and, very unjockey-like, I gave him just what he asked.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various