draw away
Pull off or back, as in He drew his chair away from the fire.
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How to use draw away in a sentence
We had just enough of a start, though, and our mounts were just good enough and fresh enough to gradually draw away from them.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe stronger the impulse grew to bring herself near him, the further, in fact, did she draw away from him.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinPresently she was conscious that he was trying to do so, that he was gently trying to draw away the concealing hands.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsI was near enough to feel her tremble––to see her red lips draw away, in stern conviction, from her white little teeth.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman DuncanIn that loneliness she wondered if there were not those other people—people who could "hear" and not draw away.
Fidelity | Susan Glaspell
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