stone's throw
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stone's throw
First recorded in 1575–85
Example Sentences
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She finished the months-long hike and sat on a white bench near the Bridge of the Gods, a stone’s throw from the spot where, she writes, she’d marry Lindstrom four years later.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
The 45-year-old Magyar, whose surname means “Hungarian,” grew up in an affluent family of public figures in Budapest’s historic city center, just a stone’s throw from Hungary’s parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
It also marks an end to a decades-long run for the ceremony at the Dolby, which is just a stone's throw from the Roosevelt Hotel, where the very first Oscars were handed out in 1929.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
A stone’s throw away from the Roxbury warehouse was a Mexican bakery serving delicacies like conchas and empanadas.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
‘If that is the end of the debate, let us go out of stone’s throw, at least!’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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