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Example sentences for "being left"

  • I am here in behalf of the women of our territory, who are opposed to being left in the State organization with no more authority in the government than paupers, lunatics and idiots.

  • You have no idea how the Genius of the country (overlook the Parliamentary nature of the phrase, and don't be bored by it) tends to being left alone.

  • A few were low at the thought of being left behind, and being left poor; but even these did not grudge the family their brilliant reverse.

  • They were no sooner gone, than Monks, who appeared to entertain an invincible repugnance to being left alone, called to a boy who had been hidden somewhere below.

  • Mr. Bumble's conduct on being left to himself, was rather inexplicable.

  • Marcus Licinius Strabo, a military tribune of the third legion, with three companies alone, remained, being left behind by his legion.

  • The 6th and 9th Regiments, with a company of the Carolina Corps, being left as a garrison for St. Lucia, Sir Charles Grey returned to Martinique, and commenced his preparations for an expedition to Guadaloupe.

  • The reduction of Basseterre was effected on the 21st of the same month; and the company of the Carolina Corps, with other troops, being left in garrison in Guadaloupe, the general returned to Martinique.

  • A detachment of the 60th being left in the Vigie Lieutenant-Colonel Leighton, on the morning of the 13th of June, marched with the remainder of the troops, by several routes, towards the Carib district.

  • Instead of being left to the care of servants, with the occasional supervision of chance friends, they were looked after with solicitous, if not always the most judicious care.

  • This was the case as to Mary's being left in the care of Miss Petman.

  • Being left to himself, the savage had a dance, all alone.

  • In any case, Gloria ran the risk of being left alone, ruined and unprotected.

  • Stefanone, being left alone, sat down again, pulled his hat over his eyes once more and felt in his pocket for his clasp-knife.

  • He diverted himself and provided for his sustenance as well as he could; but had much ado to bear up against melancholy for the first eight months, and was sore distressed at being left alone in such a desolate place.

  • We rowed as fast as we could and landed 470 men, the remainder, among whom I was, being left to guard the canoes.

  • Tippoo was alarmed at the prospect of being left alone in the war, but at the same time he did not show himself to be anxious for peace.

  • I felt myself in danger of being left behind, and that set my brain to very active working.

  • Cargrim, pleased at being left behind, since it gave him a chance of watching Gabriel, urged Mrs Pansey to further discussion of the question, and had the satisfaction of seeing that such discussion visibly disconcerted the curate.

  • Whether his newly-found evidence did so or not, Baltic gravely declined to say, and Cargrim was furious at being left in ignorance.

  • I must take my chance of that, sir, as you must of being left," was the answer.

  • Whatever the risk of the voyage might be, it was preferable to being left behind.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "being left" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being about; being baffled; being caught; being come; being composed; being covered; being discovered; being drunk; being engaged; being exposed; being forced; being full; being haunted; being held; being ignorant; being joined; being married; being perceived; being possessed; being presented; being right; being sworn; being the; being willing; having spent; house match