Sentence examples for dissever from inspiring English sources

He was afraid this radical idea would "dissever and destroy most existing institutions of society".But Lord Layard argues that we cannot help minding other people's business, as well as our own.

On the floor of the Senate, Jefferson Davis made a threat: "If we are not to be protected in our property and sovereignty, we... will dissever the ties that bind us together, even if it rushes us into a sea of blood".

St. John Chrysostom reached the dire conclusion that sodomy was worse than murder: "The murderer dissevers the soul from the body, but [the sodomite] ruins the soul with the body..

Hofstadter added, "Intellect has been dissevered from its coordinate place among the human virtues and assigned the position of a special kind of vice".

St. John Chrysostom reached the dire conclusion that sodomy was worse than murder: "The murderer dissevers the soul from the body, but [the sodomite] ruins the soul with the body...