Examples of 'kept at a distance' in a sentence

Meaning of "kept at a distance"

To keep something or someone at a distance means to maintain a physical or emotional separation or to be cautious with them. It suggests a reluctance to get too close or involved, often due to distrust, fear, or a desire to protect oneself

How to use "kept at a distance" in a sentence

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kept at a distance
Being kept at a distance was as painful to him as his disease.
A person in a wheelchair will be easily kept at a distance.
Has to be kept at a distance from the main reactor.
I want these people kept at a distance.
Kept at a distance for good reason.
All visitors should be kept at a distance from work.
Kept at a distance of two of them.
And yet we are kept at a distance from this man.
To look at something it has to be kept at a distance.
Words kept at a distance in reference to the article on quotation marks by.
Any disagreements seem to be been kept at a distance to allow us to work.
Kept at a distance.
The latter group is to be kept at a distance at all costs.
Has to be kept at a distance from the main reactor or there would be feedback.
Family is either important or kept at a distance in case of a quarrel.

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Some evidently keep their distance or, as much as possible, are kept at a distance.
While death is kept at a distance.
The outsider becomes the enemy, the threat that has to be kept at a distance.
Others are kept at a distance.
Anything that smacks of the occult needs to be kept at a distance.
Addicts were kept at a distance.
When the man who means everything to me will be kept at a distance.
So if kept at a distance.
To miss a woman whom he kept at a distance.
Adjacent membranes are kept at a distance to form electrolyte compartments between the membranes.
So they should always be kept at a distance.
Costello was kept at a distance from Canning while his career developed.
And our weapons would be kept at a distance from us.
They can thus be kept at a distance from each other, which limits their mutual neutralisation.
Reconnect with friends you have kept at a distance.
These reinforcement nets are kept at a distance from each other by one or more spacers.
C Ensure the tank cleaning device is kept at a distance.
The Assembly had kept at a distance from those with executive powers.
These people need to be kept at a distance.
We kept at a distance from them, not to be too familiar;.
These groups must be kept at a distance.
The oven must be kept at a distance of 4 inches or more.
For our own safety, we are being kept at a distance.
News crews were being kept at a distance as ambulances, sirens flashing, sped past.
They are to be pitied and kept at a distance.
On the contrary, it is kept at a distance from this latter by means of spacers 61.
Anger I think is not to be kept at a distance.
The conducting foil can be kept at a distance from the base by a washer.
But take it from me, they are still best kept at a distance.
Family members will be kept at a distance for now, the doctors said.
In her world, men are safe if they are kept at a distance.
Portable generators should be kept at a distance of atleast 20 feet away from home.
There, we enter only on the last day and are kept at a distance.
She 's best kept at a distance.
Nobody had noticed until then, how the children were kept at a distance.

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