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.
• Scott’s separation did much of the damage on the big play.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• Once the joy of his release ebbed, the pain of the separation increased.
  — Joe Snell, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
• 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 grief of this separation was felt equally keenly by both the living and the dead.
  — Piers Vitebsky, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
• But the terms of your father’s separation don’t tell you much about him.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 3 May 2023
• The truth would cause a separation between the teen and the caretaker.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• So there's always been a bit of a separation between what happens in the books and what happens in the show.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2023
• That was the question that kept arising online in the wake of her separation.
  — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
• 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
• The answer to this question rests in states’ rights and separation of powers.
  — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2023
• The host of The Kelly Clarkson Show has opened up about how their separation affected her ideas of love.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
• Specifically, a wet room does not have a separation between the shower and the rest of the bathroom floor.
  — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
• Part of the problem might be Brazil’s long-standing separation from the rest of Latin America.
  — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• The news of the separation came as a surprise to many, including The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum.
  — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• Kfar Aza, a kibbutz close to the separation barrier with Gaza, was burned nearly to the ground: a charnel house.
  — Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 28 Oct. 2023
• Also, fill gaps in siding with caulk, making sure to include a six-inch separation between the ground and the start of the siding.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
• Their separation drew surprise from most across the globe.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
• Thus far, the city has spent about $200 million on sewer separation projects.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• Of course, this would also mean the separation of Malik and Eric.
  — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
• On Tuesday, Hernandez saw Shayra for the first time since their separation on a video call from the shelter.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2023
• The city argued that due to separation of powers between the government and the DA, that piece should be removed.
  — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
• During their years of separation, Evans and Barker stayed in touch.
  — Sara Vallone, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
• Trump was compelled to end the separations after two months.
  — Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
• Stafford said the report of separation said Tuberville earned a Purple Heart.
  — Glenn Kessler, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
• On April 21, Allen and his wife announced their separation.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 12 May 2023
• Twisting the stem to force separation indicates the melon is not ready.
  — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
• From epic meltdowns to quiet separations, here are all the celebrity couples that called it quits in 2024.
  — Glamour, 2 Jan. 2024
• Outside of McConkey, the Chargers do not have the talent at pass-catching spots to create consistent separation.
  — Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024