Refine this word faster
Separation
"Separation" in a Sentence (19 examples)
Among married couples, there has been an increase in divorce and separation with the result that there are many more one-parent families.
The separation of gold from sand is problematic.
The father and son met after a long separation.
I was looking forward to the day when I could see him after five years' separation.
Supposedly, everyone is connected to everyone else by, at most, six degrees of separation.
This town excels in waste separation.
One day apart seems like a separation of three years.
Making a clean separation between the "useful" and the "useless" is about as straightforward as drawing the fine line between water and ice.
My sweetheart said it was only a temporary separation.
Today, separation and divorce are not as frowned upon.
Show 9 more sentences
We were a band of brothers, and never dearer to each other than now. The thought which gave us the most pain, was the probable separation which would now take place, in case we were sold off to the far south, as we were likely to be.
[…] my longing for her was undiminished despite our months of near-complete separation.
‘If he dares to refuse me a separation, I’ll have one in law—I can—and I hope this will be a warning to all girls who have seen this disgraceful exhibition.’
[…] she [knows] her great-aunt’s concern over her son Warren, his two divorces, and now Alice’s bitter separation from her husband, Ben.
I should have gone back to her the day after the fair, if it hadn't been for you talking about the law, and rubbish about getting a separation;
“You are deserting me?” “Don’t be the neglected, dramatic wife, Scarlett. The rôle isn’t becoming. I take it, then, you do not want a divorce or even a separation? Well, then, I’ll come back often enough to keep gossip down.”
I was now on the separation of two vast water-sheds; behind me all the streams were bound for the Garonne and the Western Ocean; before me was the basin of the Rhone.
[…] gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off; in human modesty, Such separation as may well be said Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid, So far be distant;
[The orchard] was full of trees, it bloomed with flowers: a very high wall shut it out from the court, on one side; on the other, a beech avenue screened it from the lawn. At the bottom was a sunk fence; its sole separation from lonely fields:
See also for "separation"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Unscramble this word: separation