Sentence examples for left precipitously from inspiring English sources

Descartes left precipitously on August 17, 1648, only days before the death of his old friend Mersenne.

Mr. Sinopoli was to have become the general music director of the Deutsche Opera, Berlin, in 1990, but he left precipitously after a dispute with the company's general director, Goetz Friedrich.

The Baker-Hamilton group is right to say that America should neither leave precipitously nor stay forever.

Unlike the rest of the Bush administration, they do not give us a promise of success no matter how long we stay, but predict disaster if we leave precipitously.

Greta had wondered why Carol left so precipitously the next day.

We cannot sustain a war with one party for it and one party against, but if we leave Iraq precipitously, we'll leave a terrorists' haven in our wake.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India on Tuesday that the United States would not precipitously leave Afghanistan.

After 900 ce, however, the Classic Maya civilization declined precipitously, leaving the great cities and ceremonial centres vacant and overgrown with jungle vegetation.

Aso's popularity is sagging precipitously, leaving many to wonder how much longer his administration will hold onto power, and encouraging dissent within his party.

When he left me, he went down precipitously.

And in Mexico the birthrate has fallen precipitously, while the people who left years ago have already sent their immediate relatives across, or started American families of their own.