within stone's throw
Example Sentences
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We stood close to the highway road; a gentleman's house was within stone's throw; the spot, like the man, was altogether the reverse of what we read in ancient story.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies
Though they were within stone's throw, he had not brought even a rock.
From Where the Trail Divides by Will Lillibridge
I push aside a curtain covering the entrance against drafts, and see before me a picture never dreamed of by humdrum New-Yorkers sleeping within stone's throw.
From Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett
"Shop Window Wanted within stone's throw of Brook Street and Bond Street."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 23, 1920 by Various
But when Will thought of Machado sitting at his instrument in that little room, almost within stone's throw of him, he could not bring himself to give up all hope of helping his friends.
From Swift and Sure by Herbert Strang
