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.
• You guys still seem miles apart.
  — CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
• Space them out a few feet apart.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
• Start with your feet hip-width apart.
  — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
• Step close, feet about hip-width apart.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
• The two had grown apart over the years.
  — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 9 June 2026
• But what sets this recipe apart is the sauce.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2026
• That heats the rock, which melts and breaks apart.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
• Space plants 1 to 3 feet apart.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
• The shots tore Lee’s face apart.
  — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
• Those are more than 70 miles apart.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
• Why try to tear them apart, Synapse?
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 May 2026
• There are still many ways the trade truce can fall apart.
  — Kerry Brown, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
• That’s one thing that sets Dunk apart.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
• That’s when things fell apart for the Dodgers.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 Mar. 2026
• Plant them about a half inch deep and space them an inch apart.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
• What set it apart was the honesty.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 26 Jan. 2026
• But the two sides remain far apart.
  — Nik Popli, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
• Your thinking is what sets you apart.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• Having the beasts is what set them apart.
  — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
• What sets it apart is its lack of zippers.
  — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
• Last month allowed things to fall apart.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
• What happens when that falls apart?
  — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
• What does set them apart is class and income.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
• In the second half, things fell apart.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025
• The whole club was falling apart.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 25 May 2026

apart

2 of 2 adjective

• To bring families who are apart and heal them.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
• Stand while returning your right leg to the hip width apart stance.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2021
• The falling apart part is crucial.
  — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
• Hack apart barrel cacti and prickly pear, then chew the pulp for moisture.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 19 June 2020
• Farther apart feet means a greater change in electric potential that can lead to shock.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 23 Jan. 2021
• His pho stands out with its beefy broth, layered with smoke from the charred aromatics and fall-apart brisket.
  — Bao Ong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
• This process will break apart debris in the bathroom sink drain and eliminate odors.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023
• At the time, the couple had been physically apart for months.
  — Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 8 Aug. 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
• Stew meat is more expensive, and takes hours of low-and-slow cooking to get fall-apart tender.
  — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
• Fusion is the opposite of fission, which is the process of breaking apart atoms.
  — James Conca, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
• 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
• The falling apart portion was easy, with one of those drag-out public family fights.
  — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 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
• 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
• Its downtown has more shuttered and falling-apart buildings than usable ones.
  — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
• Pull-apart rolls are great as a party appetizer, for a potluck, or even as a meal with a soup or side salad.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Although landslides blocked roads and floods tore apart homes and uprooted trees, most of the island is unscathed.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2018
• The show is kind of blowing apart constraints and [not] conforming to gender stereotypes.
  — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 12 Aug. 2022
• Cover and cook on high for 4 to 5 hours or low for 7 to 8 hours, until the beef is fall-apart tender.
  — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
• 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
• Ian has left dozens dead, torn apart homes, caused life-threatening flooding and triggered widespread blackouts.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Get a little experimental with pull-apart bread.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026