arm's length
Example Sentences
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In this case, the shark — which Gauna believes to be a roughly 9-foot juvenile — lingered within arm’s length of the swimmer, circling him several times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
You can keep her at arm’s length and not make these kinds of offers again.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Palladio liked to set the formal residence at the center while holding the working parts—stables and kitchens—at arm’s length, reached by colonnaded passages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
"It appears the driver was at least at arm's length from his horse," Alexander Kemp, a vice president of the union, Transport Workers Union Local 100, said in a statement to local media.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
There were quite a few shots of me, too, looking as stoked as my friend, taken at arm’s length by myself, or sometimes by Fang if he’d managed to wrestle the camera from me.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
