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

Does one call Mr. Swinburne a Londoner because he, a Northumbrian by a long line of ancestors, chanced to be born within a stone’s-throw of Belgrave Square? 

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

THE richest monument of Almohade might in Seville is the beautiful Alc�zar, or 'Castle,' which stands at but a stone's-throw from the remains of the great mosque.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

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

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