set apart
Example Sentences
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By the end of her life, Morrison had been set apart as an icon and trailblazer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Women like Lucretia set apart “Spartacus” in all versions from other modern fantasies of antiquity, including Scott’s moribund 2024 sequel “Gladiator II.”
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
Her father's job meant the family moved around the south Wales valleys seven times in total, living in a series of manager's houses set apart from the workers.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024
Everyone involved must reckon with what it means to remain set apart from the rest of the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024
I was set apart from those nameless ones with whom I had fled down a dark road and whose lack of identity I had shared all night in a dark room.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
