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
Mr. Salper had seemed inclined, as he usually did, to draw apart by himself, but at the very beginning of the boys’ story, he evinced an almost fierce interest.
From The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance by Chapman, Allen
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
That forenoon King shook hands with Archie, Teddy, Gratton, and the rest, made his formal bows to Gloria's girl friends, and felt relief when the inept banalities languished and he was free to draw apart.
From The Everlasting Whisper by Gregory, Jackson
