Sentence examples for was severed with from inspiring English sources

After Kmart filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2002, the contract with Fleming was severed with the approval of the Chicago bankruptcy judge overseeing the Kmart reorganization.

After a later dispute, Mr. Hall said, their arrangement was severed with a threat: " 'You dare come to China, and I'll get you thrown in jail.' We had no dealings after that".

The stem was severed with a razor blade just below the cotyledonary node and the exudate collected with microcapillaries.

Bassam Wahbh holds up his hand to show where his finger was severed with an axe - another victim of Syria's growing epidemic of kidnapping.

After being taken down, Cromwell's head was severed with eight blows, placed on a wooden spike on a 20 feet pole, and raised above Westminster Hall.

The whole leaf (with petiole) was severed with a razor blade immediately prior to the experiment and quickly transferred to a transparent Perspex vessel.

When these are severely curtailed by an amnesic state, the links connecting present and past are severed, with a consequent failure of reproduction.

The relationship between productivity and wages has been severed, with miserable consequences for household income.

The fingers of one hand were severed, with apparent bloodiness, and hung in a bag from the wall.

Whenever the action comes perilously close to melodrama, any tension is severed with a "blimey" or a raised eyebrow.

But there may be other chances to repair the relations that were severed with the takeover of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979.