How to Use separation in a Sentence

separation

noun

• Moving away meant separation from his family.
• After a separation of 30 years, she visited her family in Cuba.
• Scott’s separation did much of the damage on the big play.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• So there's always been a bit of a separation between what happens in the books and what happens in the show.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2023
• The host of The Kelly Clarkson Show has opened up about how their separation affected her ideas of love.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
• Specifically, a wet room does not have a separation between the shower and the rest of the bathroom floor.
  — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
• Part of the problem might be Brazil’s long-standing separation from the rest of Latin America.
  — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• The news of the separation came as a surprise to many, including The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum.
  — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• Kfar Aza, a kibbutz close to the separation barrier with Gaza, was burned nearly to the ground: a charnel house.
  — Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 28 Oct. 2023
• Also, fill gaps in siding with caulk, making sure to include a six-inch separation between the ground and the start of the siding.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
• Thus far, the city has spent about $200 million on sewer separation projects.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• During their years of separation, Evans and Barker stayed in touch.
  — Sara Vallone, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
• Stafford said the report of separation said Tuberville earned a Purple Heart.
  — Glenn Kessler, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
• On April 21, Allen and his wife announced their separation.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 12 May 2023
• Twisting the stem to force separation indicates the melon is not ready.
  — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
• From epic meltdowns to quiet separations, here are all the celebrity couples that called it quits in 2024.
  — Glamour, 2 Jan. 2024
• With options in all kinds of colors, styles, and designs, these curtains work best in open-concept or eat-in kitchens, where a bit of separation lets the space breath.
  — Amanda Lauren, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2023
• In 2019, the court ruled that a Latin cross on government land outside Washington, D.C., did not have to be moved or altered in the name of church-state separation.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• The separation is so clean — and Tripod’s gait so sure — that Vamstad suspects the limb might have been amputated as a pup.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
• Gender Lines Are Blurred For decades, there has been a separation between boys' and girls' clothing (via style or color).
  — Hitha Herzog, Parents, 10 July 2023
• Dubois Naval Architects positioned the keel box to come above the main deck, serving as a partial separation between the bridge and the main salon.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
• DeVante Parker is a jump-ball threat who doesn’t get separation.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
• Hay, like many others in the Bouroullec sphere, isn’t treating the separation like a divorce that requires picking sides.
  — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
• There is a palpable yearning to Lennon’s voice and melody, an ache derived from a separation that feels real.
  — Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2023
• The filing, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, also lists the date of separation as Sept. 13.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
• Whitmore appears to be a part of a tier of about seven players among whom there is not much separation who will likely be picked between No. 4 and No. 10.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
• Christine filed for divorce on May 1, listing their date of separation as April 11.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
• During soil separation, the entire root system is shifting and making its way to the surface.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
• Doing so can be helpful if one of you sleeps hotter than the other—and, at the very least, may offer some physical separation on warm nights.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 29 June 2023
• The 24-year-old righthander slowed down his changeup, increasing the separation with his fastball and allowed only three hits.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024