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How to use apart in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb, postp, adjective

Apart means placed separately (in regard to space or time). Example: “Consider the two propositions apart.”

Examples of apart by meaning

adverbPlaced separately (in regard to space or time).

  • We had a large bus and I had two of them at the front and two at the back, and I had to sit in the middle and keep them apart.2015, Johnny Rogan, Ray Davies: A Complicated Life

adverbSeparately, exclusively, not together.

  • Consider the two propositions apart.

adverbIn or into two or more parts.

  • We took the computer apart and put it back together.
  • Love, love will tear us apart, again.1980, Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

postpExcluded from consideration.

  • Joking apart, what do you think?

adjectiveExceptional, distinct.

  • In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.

More sentences with apart

  • A link opened under the strain, and the chain came apart.From the entry open
  • Humankind has never found any other habitable planets apart from Earth.From the entry habitable
  • One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.From the entry come
  • Every wine has a certain distinctive character which sets it apart from all others.From the entry certain
  • Some mushrooms are edible whereas others are poisonous, and sometimes they are difficult to tell apart.From the entry mushroom
  • The advent of email has simultaneously brought our society closer together and farther apart.From the entry email
  • Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.From the entry pace
  • Unfortunately the glue didn't grip, and the whole thing came apart.From the entry grip
  • The robot was so lifelike, Jack could hardly tell it apart from his sister.From the entry lifelike
  • Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal.From the entry nominal
  • The chairs are too closely spaced; could you move them apart?From the entry closely
  • He refused to buy recaps because he didn't trust them not to come apart on the highway.From the entry recap
  • The legs are set wide apart due to the very thick muscling.From the entry muscling
  • They've been going out for three years now, but still live apart.From the entry go out
  • The roughness of the road made me wonder if my car would fall apart.From the entry roughness
  • It was hard to tell the twins apart: they even spoke identically.From the entry identically
  • The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart.From the entry crowning
  • If you stack high columns of these boxes without using interleafs they'll fall apart.From the entry interleaf
  • The candidate was having a strong campaign but fell apart at the hustings.From the entry hustings
  • When his watch stopped working, he pulled it apart to work out what was wrong with it.From the entry pull apart
  • Starting with a couple of inconsistencies, the detective began to pull apart his alibi.From the entry pull apart
  • The spidery construction looked like it would fall apart in a stiff breeze.From the entry spidery
  • You'd better wind down that wind-up toy before you take it apart, or pieces might go flying.From the entry wind down
  • My old briefcase is falling apart. I'll have to buy a new one.From the entry fall apart
  • As a result of being addicted to heroin, she was falling apart.From the entry fall apart
  • The jarred peppers should be firm enough to dice without falling apart under your knife.From the entry jarred
  • They are identical twins, and if they dress the same, everybody has trouble telling them apart.From the entry tell apart
  • The unglued joints all fell apart in shipment, but the properly joined piece survived intact.From the entry unglued
  • The quarterback picked apart the secondary defense in the first half.From the entry pick apart
  • The jigsaw puzzle will come apart if you try to pick it up.From the entry come apart
  • We used to be good friends but we drifted apart over the years.From the entry drift apart
  • Apart from genetics the mesology bears a great influence on the physical body.From the entry mesology
  • The more you try to break Romeo and Juliet apart, the more you'll push them together.From the entry push together
  • While I've met many good doctors in my life, this one was a breed apart.From the entry a breed apart

Meaning of apart

  1. adverb Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
  2. adverb Separately, exclusively, not together.
  3. adverb In or into two or more parts.

Full definition of apart

Questions about apart in a sentence

How do you use apart in a sentence?
Apart is used as an adverb, postp and adjective. For example: “Consider the two propositions apart.”
What is a short sentence with apart?
“Consider the two propositions apart.”
What does apart mean?
Apart means placed separately (in regard to space or time).

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: apart (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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