Example Sentences

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I’ve put Hector back in his seat and am separating the meatballs from the sauce on Aurora’s plate because she doesn’t like them touching—when Lenny reemerges from the bathroom.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

"But whilst I am not separating from it, I am separating from you, Mynheer Cornelius."

From The Black Tulip by Dumas père, Alexandre

In fact, I don't think I am separating them.

From Ting-a-ling by Stockton, Frank Richard

When I have a mind that is filled with negative, discordant or inharmonious thoughts, I am separating myself from the full expression of the Divine within me.

From The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It by Bush, David V.

I am separating Dora from her sister for her own good.

From The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won by Morrison, Gertrude W.