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Example sentences for "short distances"

  • Two other companies were drawn up in echelons farther on, at short distances, occupying the street, but leaving a free passage.

  • In truth two companies arrived from the Bastille, at the double, through the Faubourg, told off in squads at short distances apart, and barring the whole of the street.

  • A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances.

  • The leaves of the Common Mare's Tail grow in circles up the stem at short distances apart.

  • They grow in fours, and are placed crossways at short distances up the main stem.

  • They grow on a spike in whorls or circles, with five to eight flowers in each circle, and these circles are separated at short distances.

  • But by taking advantage of the trees, they will be able to get within range of their weapons; and at short distances, they are just as effective as are our bows.

  • There is a considerable discrepancy between his description and mine, which I can only account for by the beds themselves varying considerably in short distances.

  • The layers vary in character in short distances.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "short distances" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    became more; blessed thing; difficult position; manifests itself; many physicians; national character; short circuits; short course; short description; short distance; short distance above the; short form; short line; short pause; short period; short piece; short prayer; short rations; short reign; short silence; short speech; short stalk; short sword; short visit; small line; sudden death