Slowly he parted the black drapery around the bed.
Lewis parted from the company around that time.
It was all he could do to hold on to his mare's reins as the white tide parted and flowed around them.
The compys parted around them, but still did not run away.
His lips parted around the match in a grin.
Ghost's skin parted around it, opening a hole through which the arm/spear passed without making a cut.
At first, the ocean parted around it, bubbling and vaporizing.
At the explosion the sea of panicked people parted around him.
The wind parted imperturbably around the cottage and passed on up the valley.
The crowd parted around him without jostling as he moved forward.