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
A knock on the door made them draw apart.
From The Reef by Wharton, Edith
The longer she gazed, the farther the two Jeannes seemed to draw apart.
From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe
Mr. Salper had seemed inclined, as he usually did, to draw apart by himself, but at the very beginning of the boys’ story, he evinced an almost fierce interest.
From The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance by Chapman, Allen
