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

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 Paul, Eden

And, most important, from the very start she trained her household to respect her right thus to draw apart.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

Occasionally he would draw apart, and gaze at the passing crowds with a compassionate expression, and then, slowly turning his back, while his fingers worked nervously, would disappear, with downcast head, in his private room.

From The Second Deluge by Serviss, Garrett Putman