apart
Example Sentences
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“And they’ve got to be real careful lifting a cadaver out of a coffin, to keep it from coming apart.”
From Literature
He couldn’t see Fin-Kedinn, but a little apart from the others, the Mage crouched in the dust, watching a large glossy raven.
From Literature
Researchers suspect it could be a remnant of an early planet that was torn apart by massive collisions, or possibly a fragment of a once-layered body that lost its outer rocky shell.
From Science Daily
That meant that some guns were 10 to 15 feet apart, according to the report.
From Los Angeles Times
At times like this, Europeans need to speak with one voice to have any effect on events, but the stress of war seems to be driving European capitals apart rather than pulling them together.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
