1 He does not let business wean him from the little cares and duties that affect us all, and I try not to let domestic worries destroy my interest in his pursuits.
2 The first of those sorrows which are sent to wean us from the earth had visited her, and its dimming influence quenched her dearest smiles.
3 The delirium was not fixed, however; having weaned her eyes from contemplating the outer darkness, by degrees she centred her attention on him, and discovered who it was that held her.
4 The fancied object was not fixed, either: his eyes pursued it with unwearied diligence, and, even in speaking to me, were never weaned away.
5 As soon as they were weaned, Napoleon took them away from their mothers, saying that he would make himself responsible for their education.
6 For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER 7 "Never mix cards and whisky unless you were weaned on Irish poteen," Gerald told Pork gravely the same evening, as Pork assisted him to bed.
8 On the other hand, their six or eight years of book education had weaned them away from the occupation of their mothers.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter V. 9 It was the first unusual thing, except the glance of Bresnahan, that had happened since the weaning of Hugh.
10 She talked about 'weaning those ignorant millions from their horrid ways,' till, upon my word, she made me quite uncomfortable.