How to Use separation in a Sentence

separation

noun
  • Moving away meant separation from his family.
  • After a separation of 30 years, she visited her family in Cuba.
  • Jalen on his post (route) had like three or four yards of separation.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That separation can be a good thing.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Our separation would need to be curt and the novel did it.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • That didn’t come as a shock to some who have long argued for a separation.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
  • Draw a straight line through them and extend it about five times their separation.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 8 May 2026
  • That little bit of separation from the house is a bonus.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2026
  • But the fourth set went back and forth, with neither team able to gain separation.
    — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The separation of powers is a they, not an it.
    — Cass Sunstein, Big Think, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But the terms of your father’s separation don’t tell you much about him.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 3 May 2023
  • My wife of 10 years has asked for a separation.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • His routes are twitchy and his speed translates to easy separation skills.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The game showed why separation was best for both parties.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Gave him a step at the top to create separation and keep the angle high.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2022
  • And refer to it in the third person as he or she and talk to it to get separation from it.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • The trauma of separation led to the death of one of her children.
    — Libby Smith, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • How far might this erode the principle of the separation of church and state?
    — The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Part of that is a separation of his work and personal life.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Think about what a round-up and separation of your own family would look and feel like.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • And yet through such comfort, the pain of living in a time of separation cuts through.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Nov. 2022
  • But the separation has helped Ohashi feel freer of a tearful past.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
  • Once the joy of his release ebbed, the pain of the separation increased.
    — Joe Snell, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
  • But separation didn’t come early in this one.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The date of separation was listed as the date of filing.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The first half was a back-and-forth affair where neither team seemed to gain much separation.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
  • But she was faced with a woman shaped by 44 years of separation.
    — Yoonjung Seo, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
  • There are no degrees of separation between the cast of this film.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That is not, though, the only factor in separation at the line.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Don’t see many guys get first-step separation on Surtain like that.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 28 Dec. 2024

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