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
• Set against white walls, the high-contrast paint job creates a sense of separation from the rest of the room.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
• How far might this erode the principle of the separation of church and state?
  — The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
• But the fourth set went back and forth, with neither team able to gain separation.
  — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
• And yet through such comfort, the pain of living in a time of separation cuts through.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Nov. 2022
• 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
• How about adherence to the law and respect for the separation of powers?
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Don’t see many guys get first-step separation on Surtain like that.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 28 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Certain moments from the season stand out in this regard, where gaining separation hasn’t been quite as easy.
  — John Hollinger, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
• After so many years of uncertainty and separation from his family, living with his parents and siblings in Ohio feels surreal.
  — John Ketchum, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Jan 2025