set apart
Example Sentences
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"I've spent the last week just basically taking my set apart" for the live BBC broadcast, he joked.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
By the end of her life, Morrison had been set apart as an icon and trailblazer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Women like Lucretia set apart “Spartacus” in all versions from other modern fantasies of antiquity, including Scott’s moribund 2024 sequel “Gladiator II.”
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
In Arizona, too, guayule thrives amidst drought, its blue-green leaves set apart from dry dirt at a research and development farm operated by the tire company Bridgestone.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024
The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
