Sentence examples for a severing from inspiring English sources

My mother eyed her carefully, as if measuring her neck for a severing.

Burgeoning nationalism, a severing of ties and aspirations, makes it more, not less, vulnerable.

The latest indignity heaped upon the people of the valley is a severing of their connections to the world beyond.

Such a move could spark angry reactions from many overseas jurisdictions and could even provoke local politicians to call for a severing of ties with the UK.

Only when the film rights were sold – the movie starred Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner – did he finally resign his commission, a severing he has described as "worse than divorce, emotionally".

The model shows that bubble growth is characterised by an initial outward movement of the base of the bubble along the plate floor followed by an inward movement back towards the orifice which leads to a severing of the bubble from the orifice and termination of the growth cycle.

He suffered a fractured skull, a severed thumb and fingers, a partially severed nose and several other machete wounds, according to the news release.

A severed head – his own.

Inside was a severed head.

Inside was a severed arm.

A severed hand in my Rotunda?