How to Use pull apart in a Sentence

pull apart

phrasal verb

• The inside would be soft from the eggs, ready to be pulled apart with our hands.
  — Sanaë Lemoine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• During rapid weight gain, the skin is stretched and starts to pull apart.
  — Susan Bard, Verywell Health, 23 Dec. 2024
• The Crush 80 is easy to pull apart with its magnet ball catch.
  — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
• The phase is when the two bone segments start to pull apart from each other.
  — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 23 June 2025
• Gently pull apart the left and right sides for a more relaxed look.
  — Dory Zayas, Parents, 26 July 2024
• Place covered pan back in the oven and cook till the meat pulls apart using just a fork.
  — The View, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
• Instead use your hands to pull apart the injera and use it to scoop up the split pea, lentil, and cubed lamb stews.
  — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• Harvesting the Meat For split legs, pull apart the shell with your fingers.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023
• This follows with a gentle pulling apart of still wet-hair, getting to the roots of the matter.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2023
• Since these cards have to be pulled apart, there’s a higher risk of the card being damaged.
  — Tyler Holzhammer, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
• In front of us, the sky splits, a wall of gray clouds thinning at the middle as if being pulled apart in a tug-of-war.
  — Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
• Cutting off the base of lettuces leaves you with rosettes and pulling apart leaves gives you petals to scatter.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
• Just as a drop of water can be pulled apart, the surface tension can pull it apart.
  — Ashraya Gupta, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2023
• Tyson then slapped Paul across the face with his right hand and pointed toward the ground before the two men were pulled apart.
  — Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
• And that one topic is to what extent the seams are pulling apart on a patchwork roster.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
• Here, the rocks of the mantle have been pushed close to the surface as the ocean floor slowly pulls apart at the nearby Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
  — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
• To check for doneness, use a sharp knife to cut into the thickest part of the meat; when cooked, the flesh will start to pull apart and almost flake.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
• The two are pulled apart, just long enough for the referee to run toward the baseline as a group of players give chase.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2023
• For some, this means exploring ways to pull apart and reinterpret the form.
  — Genevieve Marks, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• His skin was actually pulling apart on, on the bottom of his feet.
  — Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
• The desks get pushed together and pulled apart to become cars, tea tables, dance floors.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
• The two are pulled apart, just long enough for Harrison to run toward the baseline as a group of players give chase.
  — Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2023
• Look for natural divisions where the bulbs seem ready to pull apart by hand.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
• The couple fell in love as teens but were pulled apart until years later when they’re forced to confront their past.
  — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
• When the temperature drops again at night, the ice will contract and pull apart.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026
• Why does my family keep getting pulled apart!
  — Alice Burton, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
• Families physically pulled apart by uncaring hands over the outraged screams of the bereft?
  — Leonard Pitts Jr, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
• More lanes may be blocked to pull apart the wreckage.
  — Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
• These sections can be gently pulled apart by hand or separated with a clean knife.
  — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
• The round edges of the tree are perfect for pulling apart into dinner-sized rolls—grab one for breakfast and one for dinner, and maybe a few to freeze for later, too.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025