Because he is at the center of Turkmenistan's continuing trauma, his departure would seem to suggest a better future.

The departure of the light cavalry seemed to somehow give more energy to the rest of the army.

At first, he knew, those departures would seem to be no different from a normal troop rotation.

She might have replied, but the duke's departure seemed to be the signal for the crowd to converge upon her.

He had entered the apartment because Mann's delayed departure seemed to indicate trouble.

At that point my departure still seemed like an act of treason.

Coming back to this place, with his family no longer here, made that long-ago departure seem like something of a betrayal.

Our departure seemed to be more of an event than our arrival.

Our frantic departure seemed to be paying off, at first.

His departures for provinces never seemed to be orthodox, he reflected with a slight smile.