apart

Example Sentences

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"Its stubby little arms with only one row of suckers set it apart from most octopus we are familiar with," Voight said.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

“Maybe if it’s slow enough, you can form solid within the tank and cause the monomers, the reactive monomers, to stay apart from one another.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Horace Walpole called the Venetian Jubilee of April 1749 “the prettiest spectacle I ever saw,” though there was “nothing Venetian about it,” apart from a shallow canal and a “sort of gondola” loaded with musicians.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"I've spent the last week just basically taking my set apart" for the live BBC broadcast, he joked.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Danny thought Mr. Garner would shake the house apart with all his screaming.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova