draw apart
Example Sentences
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As with Jeeves, I struggle when I try to draw apart the strands of the enormous, tangled Jack Reacher knot in my memory.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2020
A couple’s lips brush slowly for a kiss, then draw apart.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2012
The tests are made by using a cubic inch of the metal and compressing it, and by trying to draw apart a square inch of metal.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough
But, as the men moved forward,--the road swinging more toward the center of the gorge,--the cliffs seemed to draw apart, and, through the way thus opened, they saw the great canyon and the mountains beyond.
From The Eyes of the World by Wright, Harold Bell
They saw half a dozen men draw apart from the others.
From The Trail Horde by Seltzer, Charles Alden
