shouting distance

Example Sentences

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The Parker Solar Probe has flown within shouting distance of the sun.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

By sunrise they had made their way to the bottom of the steep face the woman was trapped on, and they were within shouting distance of her, but they still couldn’t reach her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

Where the two sides were even within shouting distance of each other was vanishingly small, if it existed at all.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2024

All the signs of ordinary Lebanese life are within shouting distance - a minibus cruises down a nearby road.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2023

In fact, every time Turner pitched her a stone within shouting distance, she hit it dead center—no matter how high the arch, no matter how straight the descent.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt