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draw apart



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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 girl saw Rile Foster draw apart from the rest and sit with his back against a rock.

From The Settling of the Sage by Evarts, Hal G. (Hal George)

Occasionally he would draw apart, and gaze at the passing crowds with a compassionate expression, and then, slowly turning his back, while his fingers worked nervously, would disappear, with downcast head, in his private room.

From The Second Deluge by Serviss, Garrett Putman

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




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