How to Use depart in a Sentence

depart

verb
  • The train departed the station on time.
  • He is departing after 20 years with the company.
  • Our flight departs at 6:15 a.m.
  • The group is scheduled to depart tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.
  • This flight should depart around the same time.
    — Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Might as well depart the House, too.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • At least one morning flight had been able to depart.
    — Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 26 Jan. 2026
  • These merchants pay a cheap price and then depart with their haul.
    — Washington Post, 23 May 2022
  • Is my flight departing on time?
    — John Tufts, Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Glasgow was the first to depart.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • And more have threatened to depart.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Now, the sun meets the skies quite early but departs just around when most of us get off work.
    — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Oversize bags must still be checked in before a flight departs.
    — News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Not all the staffers affected are set to depart.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • When the group of elk turns away and departs, the donkey follows with them.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • But the biggest change is that the flight must have departed with at least one open seat.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Some key leaders in the group have departed.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • The 5-foot-8 guard is one of three key players to depart over the last month.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Carmy is not the only one to depart The Bear staff.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • My parents rarely departed from the rule.
    — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • French troops positioned in the country are set to depart by the end of the year.
    — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Boos rained down from the home crowd as Romano departed the mound.
    — Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Stevens became the fourth player to depart the Sky this week.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The first of those sailings will depart on May 28.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But as soon as the plane departs, the barriers must remain sealed.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • That hand must have ached profoundly by the time the group departed.
    — Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Most migrating birds depart in the evening, fly through the night, and land by sunrise.
    — Brandi D. Addison, The Providence Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Most migrating birds depart in the evening, fly through the night, and land by sunrise.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Ragans departed with a slim lead.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
  • The flight returned to the gate and then could not depart due to staffing issues, Delta said.
    — Pete Muntean and Ross Levitt, CNN, 14 Jan. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'depart.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: