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How to use leave-taking in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word leave-taking? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
If this leave-taking is difficult, complex and conflict-filled for most young adults, it is doubly so for adoptees.
I am writing to explain the Administration's present thinking on leave-taking and leave accumulation in the civil service.
But they made the last act's adagio a poignant, intimate dance of leave-taking.
As Berry arrived at his house, he was prepared for a grim and tearful leave-taking.
In some of these cases, the complainants' past record of leave-taking was deemed to be suspicious by the employer.
Regardless of the manner of their leave-taking, apostates must take account of both their earlier conversion to and subsequent separation from a non-traditional religious movement.
The formal leave-taking ceremony of a diplomat can take all day just to say we'll have my replacement here tomorrow.
Examples from Classical Literature
Glencore arose as he said this, and, with a nod of leave-taking, retired to his room.
Then Mathieu took her in his arms, and there was no ending to their leave-taking.
For the most part, however, the men were sober enough over their leave-taking.
When the time came for them to part, the leave-taking was serious, but tranquil.
The others were going too, and in the bustle of leave-taking some moments were passed.
Indeed, it was only on leave-taking, and then far from painfully, you were reminded of being in an inn.
An ominous leave-taking was his, and calamity was there to greet him home again.
One direct result of it all was to hasten Josie's own leave-taking.
And now came the hidden pain of my leave-taking of Madonna Paola.
He held out his hand in the mechanical gesture of leave-taking.
Quite as if it were an ordinary leave-taking, they pushed past Terri Mac and filed out the door.
He wished Clifford would hurry up and get the leave-taking over with.
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