a stone's throw
noun
: a short distance
The high school is just a stone's throw from his house.
She lives just a stone's throw away from the beach.
Examples of a stone's throw in a Sentence
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Blue Origin Floating under three red-and-blue parachutes, the New Shepard capsule touched down a stone's throw from the booster's concrete landing pad, closer than any previous landing.
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William Harwood, CBS News, 29 June 2025
The restaurant, Little Rey, will open later this spring at 2019 West End Avenue, a stone's throw from Vanderbilt's campus.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
This includes one with a crowd of over 2,000 in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine, a 45-minute drive from Middletown and just a stone's throw away from Vance's home in East Walnut Hills.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Meanwhile, dishes at the restaurant brim with local ingredients, including wasabi, an Okutama specialty that is grown a stone's throw away.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Andy Rice, the program's director, said the group was staying at an apartment complex in the Toluca Hills area, just a stone's throw away from the Sunset fire.
—Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2025
Moscow vowed to retaliate and has started intensive reforms of its forces in the northwest of the country, including expanding the military facilities a stone's throw from Finland and Estonia, a fellow NATO member just to the south of Helsinki.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Helberg awoke on Thursday to discover the massive bow of the NCL Salten resting a stone's throw from his home in Byneset, Norway, near Trondheim.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
The remains were found just a stone's throw from pop megastar Taylor Swift's beachside mansion in the town.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
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William Harwood, CBS News, 29 June 2025
The restaurant, Little Rey, will open later this spring at 2019 West End Avenue, a stone's throw from Vanderbilt's campus.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
This includes one with a crowd of over 2,000 in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine, a 45-minute drive from Middletown and just a stone's throw away from Vance's home in East Walnut Hills.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Meanwhile, dishes at the restaurant brim with local ingredients, including wasabi, an Okutama specialty that is grown a stone's throw away.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Andy Rice, the program's director, said the group was staying at an apartment complex in the Toluca Hills area, just a stone's throw away from the Sunset fire.
—Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2025
Moscow vowed to retaliate and has started intensive reforms of its forces in the northwest of the country, including expanding the military facilities a stone's throw from Finland and Estonia, a fellow NATO member just to the south of Helsinki.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Helberg awoke on Thursday to discover the massive bow of the NCL Salten resting a stone's throw from his home in Byneset, Norway, near Trondheim.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
The remains were found just a stone's throw from pop megastar Taylor Swift's beachside mansion in the town.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
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“A stone's throw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20stone%27s%20throw. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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