stone's throw

Example Sentences

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A stone's-throw from the campus stands the First Presbyterian Church, where the Presidents of Princeton have worshipped.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tom lay in the dark, away from it all, under it all, in the distant little cemetery of Nervi, where the sea that he loved shone and danced within a stone's-throw of his folded hands.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

And as long as the troopers rode up and down within a stone's-throw all was well.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.

Dove Lane was but a stone's-throw ahead when some of the load shifted, and the truck was stopped to set the matter right.

From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur

From the Spring to the Sanctuary of Isis is another step; from the Sanctuary to the Odeon of Herodes is a moment's walk; the Pnyx—the people's forum—is a stone's-throw away, and the Hill of Mars.

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow