draw apart
Example Sentences
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As with Jeeves, I struggle when I try to draw apart the strands of the enormous, tangled Jack Reacher knot in my memory.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2020
A couple’s lips brush slowly for a kiss, then draw apart.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2012
Bodies press close to each other in misery, as in cold, but hearts draw apart.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
Whether they become engaged or whether they draw apart from one another, the little one knows all about it before any of their intimates.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Eden Paul
So that the two young people, from being always attendant on the elder, began to draw apart and establish a separate kingdom.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
