Sentence examples for leaving about from inspiring English sources

Place the rounds onto the cookie sheet, leaving about 1½" (4cm) of space around each cookie.

Drain off most of the stock, leaving about 3 tablespoons.

Mr. Singh dutifully obliged, leaving about 10 30 p.m.

Scoop out insides, leaving about 1/4 inch around skin; transfer potato flesh to a bowl.

Santa Anna escaped, leaving about 1,130 casualties and about 3,000 prisoners.

Place loaves on peel or pan, leaving about 4 inches between them to allow for rising.

Cut the greens away from the beets, leaving about 1/4 inch of stems.

Then they disappeared, leaving about 100 students and about 20 staff members in the lurch.

The Atlantic shuttered in January, leaving about 1,600 people jobless.

Seven or eight pigs died, he said, leaving about 15 alive.

The campaign exceeded that, leaving about $38 million in the bank.