How to Use apart in a Sentence

apart

1 of 2 adverb

• He stood with his feet planted far apart.
• Their children were born two years apart.
• They separated and have been living apart for the past year.
• He stood apart while the other members of the team celebrated.
• My wife and I are unhappy when we're apart.
• But over the course of the next year, the case against him fell apart.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• These two events happened the same week, 40 miles apart.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
• The duo's bond is so strong not even a cement wall could keep them apart.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
• The girls drifted apart in middle school, and so did the adult friendship.
  — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
• How to: Stand with feet wider than shoulder-width apart, hands at sides.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 15 May 2023
• Use the fork to scoop and drop 4 even mounds of dough onto the prepared sheet, spacing apart.
  — cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
• My body was falling apart, and no one would listen to me.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
• The guild said that when the writers last struck, in 2007, talks resumed, only to fall apart again.
  — Christopher Palmeri, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
• Telling the two apart by their tracks alone is quite difficult.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
• But when Shelby’s doctors looked at her MRI scans in the fall of 2022, that all fell apart.
  — Brittany Trang, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
• Built just after World War II, the school was falling apart.
  — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
• The diversity of Walker's Point is one of the things that sets it apart.
  — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
• Both were shot to death, 12 years apart, and the cases remain unsolved.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• Sometime around 2015, Monique’s life fell apart in earnest.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
• Her word as a Native woman carried weight, and the group fell apart.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• And on the field, there’s nothing that overtly sets Purdy apart.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
• The two sides have been far apart on the question of Hulu’s market value.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
• When the deals fell apart and Twitter had to cut more jobs, he was deflated.
  — Kurt Wagner, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024
• But this will be the first time the duo has performed back-to-back concerts together, one day apart, at both the Athenaeum and the bowl.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
• What sets it apart, in 2005 and now, is Alley's complete commitment to the bit.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 17 May 2023
• The podcast was well-received by fans, but fell apart after nine months due to a fight between the co-hosts.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• Aid agencies have rushed to try to help refugees who have gathered in Chad, often in sites miles apart.
  — Elian Peltier Yagazie Emezi, New York Times, 16 May 2023
• Deshawn agrees and repeats words of wisdom his father passed on to the two boys who are 15 months apart.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 19 June 2023
• The trade falling apart could have negative consequences for both the Tigers and Dodgers.
  — Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• Though The Beatles worked things out soon after, the band fell apart within the year after Lennon quit.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024

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apart

2 of 2 adjective

• The two were shot and killed two hours and less than a mile apart April 10 in north Hartford.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 17 Apr. 2021
• Stand while returning your right leg to the hip width apart stance.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2021
• At the time, the couple had been physically apart for months.
  — Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 8 Aug. 2020
• But there were 6-foot-apart chalk marks on the sidewalk, just like in front of a supermarket.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 5 May 2020
• When the plants are two inches tall, thin to about a foot apart for bush types or three to four feet apart for vining types.
  — Arricca Sansone, Country Living, 25 Apr. 2018
• Fusion is the opposite of fission, which is the process of breaking apart atoms.
  — James Conca, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
• This process will break apart debris in the bathroom sink drain and eliminate odors.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2022
• Hack apart barrel cacti and prickly pear, then chew the pulp for moisture.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 19 June 2020
• Readers online picked apart word choices and the subtlest turns of phrase to try to figure out who wrote it.
  — Jason Silverstein, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2018
• Farther apart feet means a greater change in electric potential that can lead to shock.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 23 Jan. 2021
• The result is a relaxed, happy dough that bakes up into a big, bumpy pull-apart loaf or a neat set of dinner rolls.
  — Leah Eskin, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• The inquisitive bird has been known to peck apart window trim and wiper blades on cars—and even steal passports from tourists.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2021
• Most people don't want to take apart devices that weigh hundreds of pounds and draw heavy power or flammable gas to learn more about them.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2022
• Brady has made a career out of picking apart defenses for game-winning points — and the Rams’ offense should have closed out the game.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
• Blue dots designate how far apart students have to be in class, on the playground and in eating areas.
  — Julia Barajas, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2020
• Protesters have stormed the border fence, set it on fire with burning tires and ripped apart pieces of the structure with wire cutters.
  — Washington Post, 16 May 2018
• The falling apart portion was easy, with one of those drag-out public family fights.
  — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2020
• The show is kind of blowing apart constraints and [not] conforming to gender stereotypes.
  — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 12 Aug. 2022
• Although landslides blocked roads and floods tore apart homes and uprooted trees, most of the island is unscathed.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2018
• Brown stew chicken, on the other hand, embraces a mild sweetness — soft, fall-apart thighs and legs that nuzzle up to rice and peas and a pile of sauteed cabbage.
  — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 9 Mar. 2020
• September was hot, then a brisk storm raced through the city, and its winds tore apart booths that neighborhood groups had constructed.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2022
• Also, the cold butter forms large flakes in dough, creating clusters of steam that lead to the pull-apart quality of biscuits.
  — Bon Appétit, 4 Oct. 2019
• All cars will be socially distanced 6 feet apart and church members will all be wearing some type of mask.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 16 Oct. 2020
• Per mandate, all tables are spaced at least 6 feet apart and staff will be wearing face coverings and gloves.
  — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2020
• That six-feet-apart rule still holds, and in some cases, salon workers will only be able to host one guest at a time due to space restrictions.
  — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 12 June 2020
• Damian was nice-looking—with wiry dark hair and wide-apart brown eyes flecked with gold—but characterless to the point of oddity.
  — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
• But the rule is still on ice, through at least 2023, as officials still struggle to find local contractors who can take apart homes by hand.
  — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 22 Feb. 2022
• The motion of the Pacific Plate has molded the face of Alaska, giving rise to mountains as well as pulling apart river valleys.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2021
• Take that now-patiently-rested, nearly-falling-apart hunk of meat and transfer it to a platter.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 18 Jan. 2018
• Only three starters remain from the group that tore apart record books en route to a national championship last season.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 12 Feb. 2021

Last Updated: 7 May 2024