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
Outside the little panes of the passage-window she could see the gray walls of the house and the bare trunks of the trees darken and draw apart in the dull light.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various
The tests are made by using a cubic inch of the metal and compressing it, and by trying to draw apart a square inch of metal.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough
But the plea which seemed to give her the right to cling the closer made the man to draw apart.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir
