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

The next column, again, the third, came upon the British Guards; and the Guards, reserving their fire until the enemy were at a stone’s-throw, fired point-blank and threw the French into confusion.

From Waterloo by Belloc, Hilaire

The slab lies a stone's-throw to the left of the great northern road to Tengri Nor and Mongolia, about two miles from the city.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

More than once lately I have been a welcome visitor at the bright little apartment within a stone's-throw of the �toile.

From Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England by Le Queux, William

At the distance of a short stone's-throw, towards the open country, were sundry workshops and sheds—a large yard intervening between them and the house.

From A Life's Secret A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry