apart

Example Sentences

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His marriage fell apart, and his children were taken away by his ex-partner without warning.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

“Maybe if it’s slow enough, you can form solid within the tank and cause the monomers, the reactive monomers, to stay apart from one another.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Which means that if this latest deal falls apart, the Rays could seriously consider leaving the Tampa Bay region altogether, potentially 90 miles across Interstate 4 to Orlando.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The discovery offers new insight into how metallocenes assemble, transform, and break apart, while also pointing toward new ways to design responsive materials based on these molecules.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

We jumped apart like we’d been electrocuted, and I felt a stab of fear as I saw my envelope still grasped tightly in Elliot’s sweaty hand.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin