within stone's throw

Example Sentences

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And now he lies peacefully enough in his grave in the Covent Garden St. Paul's, within stone's throw of the scene where he tried to be a tavern-keeper and failed.

From Inns and Taverns of Old London by Shelley, Henry C. (Henry Charles)

Then in turn I saw that blunder by which the battery commander allowed Cummings' men—the Thirty-third Virginia, I think it was—deliberately to march within stone's throw of them, mistaken for Federal troops.

From The Way of a Man by Hough, Emerson

I saw the common English dandelion growing within stone's throw of a clump of feathery palms.

From Morocco by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)

By daybreak Harry had drawn up his men in battle array on the brow of a hill, almost within stone’s throw of the enemy’s big camp beneath.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon

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