shouting distance
Example Sentences
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The Parker Solar Probe has flown within shouting distance of the sun.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
By sunrise they had made their way to the bottom of the steep face the woman was trapped on, and they were within shouting distance of her, but they still couldn’t reach her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
But I was surprised when I arrived to find it well within shouting distance of several homes.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025
Where the two sides were even within shouting distance of each other was vanishingly small, if it existed at all.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
There were no guards in the halls when we changed classes, no guards just outside the cafeteria doors, within shouting distance, as they often were.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
