draw apart

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

The red disks will be seen to group themselves in rows, while the white disks will seem to draw apart, and to be constantly changing their form.

From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman

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.

It was a place where one might draw apart from all the world and contemplate the little thing that men call Life.

From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson