apart

Example Sentences

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Because the brain and spinal cord are separate but connected structures in the body, the team kept the organoids physically apart in the lab.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Just one game from returning to the locker room with a spot in the third round, he fell apart.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

A smaller group of people also arrived in a police van and were kept apart from the majority of passengers and watched over by police.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Yet it simultaneously professes anxiety about an Asian American who has decidedly not stood apart from American institutions and culture: After graduating from Yale Law School, Wang clerked for two Supreme Court justices.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

I guess I do feel bad about his relationship with Lisa-Marie Anne falling apart.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller