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within stone's throw

ADJECTIVE

near

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adjacent adjoining immediate nearby neighboring warm

STRONG

abutting bordering burning close nigh ready touching

WEAK

abreast along toward alongside approximal around at close quarters available beside close shave close-at-hand close-by conterminous contiguous convenient hair's breadth handy in close proximity near-at-hand next door not remote practically proximal proximate side-by-side vincinal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

away detached distant far faraway separate

STRONG

cool

WEAK

deferred expired gone past postponed remote unfamiliar

Example Sentences

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Awaking at dawn, I went out, expecting to find the vessel within stone's throw: it was nowhere visible.

From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

If one desires to meet the ultraconservative in thought and social life let me commend him to this stratum of humanity within stone's throw of a college.

From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.

In all these years her unforgiving father has never seen her face, nor she his, although they live within stone's throw of each other.

From Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various

But the misery that she saw intimately, almost within stone's throw of her door, broke the spell with its appeal.

From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick

Almost within stone's throw came the response the half-sad, wholly eager whine of a dog.

From The Shagganappi by Johnson, E. Pauline

within stone's throw

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