Sentence examples for try to sever from inspiring English sources

Seymour's family went to court to try to sever their partnerships in a batch of properties through a forced sale.

The United States should now try to "sever the connection between Islamism and individualized local contexts for political violence, and then address them separately".

Rough-voiced, shouty, and intent on raising the stakes, Roberts warned that the anti-union movement would try to sever the union from its leadership ("They attacked Jesus!

Morio Umeda, who runs a public anti-yakuza advice center in Tokyo and runs seminars for companies on dealing with the yakuza, says inquiries are rising as more companies try to sever ties with the mob.

There are, however, other avenues open to an employer who may try to sever a relationship under the pretence of "redundancy" or "performance issues", whereas in reality it is simply because their face doesn't fit.

Plus, it's complicated – you can't campaign against love, you can't deny that love means sex, and it would be jackbooted cultural imperialism to try to sever the link between sex and marriage.

She added, "I am trying to sever our correspondence in the most polite fashion".

He isn't trying to sever them from their non-European roots.

In the bankruptcy, the Levitt Corporation is trying to sever itself from its Levitt & Sons division.

Longtime members accused newer ones of trying to sever ties with the United Nations, while newer members accused old-timers of maintaining an oligarchy.

The lawsuit came in response to one filed by Sony after the Dixie Chicks tried to sever ties with the record company.