Sentence examples for first departed from inspiring English sources

"The Abstinence Teacher" continues a process begun with "Little Children," when Mr. Perrotta, 46, first departed from the autobiographical details — or at least the geography — that grounded his earlier work.

A port official in Parepare, where the ferry first departed late Saturday afternoon, said that rescuers had been dispatched, but were having trouble reaching the scene because of bad weather.

Returning to Chelsea José Mourinho insisted he is no longer "a special one" but a humble one, vowing to introduce a stability that has been lacking for both the Portuguese and the club since he first departed six years ago.

However, a port official in Parepare, from where the boat first departed, said that seas were calm when the boat left on Saturday evening on its way across the strait to the city of Samarinda in East Kalimantan, the Indonesian half of the island of Borneo.

After you first departed, I went silently, but briefly, insane.

When Raymond first departed Ubisoft, she was fairly cagey as to why.

Alila Purnama sleeps 10 and first departs Raja Ampat, West Papua Province, on 10 December (alilahotels.com).

Once again the story turns implausible, as Mabel grabs the young girl's hand, the two "breathlessly tumble" into a cab together to Union Station and they board the first departing train.

The Australian forces returned in four sorties on chartered commercial aircraft, the first departing Namibia on 6 February.

I jumped on the first departing train going anywhere near the south, and it took me the whole day to get to my hometown.

Collective movements typically begin with some individuals first departing to a new area.