How to Use "Apart" with Example Sentences

apart (adv): not together; separate

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Used with verbs:

"The ice began to break apart."
(break, drift)

"We decided to live apart."
(live, stay)

"I couldn't pull the pieces apart."
(pull, tear)

"My daughter had to sit apart from her friend."
(sit, stay)

"My son likes to take things apart and put them back together."
(take)

"The twins were born two minutes apart."
(be + born)

"The police demanded that he spread his feet apart."
(spread, place, move)