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 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)
Outside the little panes of the passage-window she could see the gray walls of the house and the bare trunks of the trees darken and draw apart in the dull light.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various
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
