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within stone's throw

ADJECTIVE

near

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adjacent adjoining immediate nearby neighboring warm

STRONG

abutting bordering burning close nigh ready touching

WEAK

abreast along toward alongside approximal around at close quarters available beside close shave close-at-hand close-by conterminous contiguous convenient hair's breadth handy in close proximity near-at-hand next door not remote practically proximal proximate side-by-side vincinal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

away detached distant far faraway separate

STRONG

cool

WEAK

deferred expired gone past postponed remote unfamiliar

Example Sentences

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Then in turn I saw that blunder by which the battery commander allowed Cummings' men—the Thirty-third Virginia, I think it was—deliberately to march within stone's throw of them, mistaken for Federal troops.

From The Way of a Man by Hough, Emerson

"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

Awaking at dawn, I went out, expecting to find the vessel within stone's throw: it was nowhere visible.

From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Though they were within stone's throw, he had not brought even a rock.

From Where the Trail Divides by Lillibridge, Will

Almost within stone's throw came the response the half-sad, wholly eager whine of a dog.

From The Shagganappi by Johnson, E. Pauline

within stone's throw

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