at arm's length

ADVERB
  1. at some distance
    keep someone at arm's length
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How To Use at arm's length In A Sentence

  • Bruce holds the Nikonos at arm's length to snap his own picture while feeding an argus fish.
  • In these eight chapters we are shown that Bristol and its hinterland existed as two solitudes - wary of one another and keeping each other at arm's length.
  • I can't get my camera and myself lined up without touching the reef, so hold the camera at arm's length and shoot blind with everything on automatic, hoping to capture a remora cleaning a shark's gills.
  • They got it and that allowed them to focus on keeping us at arm's length. The Sun
  • He struck a match, and held it at arm's length flickering and guttering, trying to illuminate the space he was in. THE LEGEND OF CAPTAIN SPACE
  • Emma McChesney drew from the rack a skirt of king's blue satin messaline and held it at arm's length. Roast Beef, Medium
  • I always had the feeling she was keeping me at arm's length.
  • He has to hold newspapers at arm's length to focus on the print.
  • The displacements have decreased to less than 0.5°, the width of the lunar and solar discs - less than the width of the little finger held at arm's length.
  • He has to hold newspapers at arm's length to focus on the print.
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