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 room, in fact, was as stifling as an oven, and Earle’s first act was to draw apart the heavy curtains and throw wide the shutters, thus letting in both air and light.

From In Search of El Dorado by Collingwood, Harry

During the period of waiting, chiefs, leaving their own following, greet each other, and draw apart for converse among themselves.

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram

It was a place where one might draw apart from all the world and contemplate the little thing that men call Life.

From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson