How To Use Stone's throw In A Sentence
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It is huge - two bedrooms plus a "solarium" (that's what they call it up there), so we would each have our own office (yippee!), tons of closets, beautiful new kitchen (dishwasher!) and bathroom, balcony, fireplace, in an immaculately maintained building with a fitness room, a pool, a parking spot for $50/month (you can't park a tire for $50 in NYC), and it's a stone's throw from the train.
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At a fish-and-chip shop called the Balancing Eel, a stone's throw from the quayside, cod, haddock, plaice and sole are the fish of choice with scampi and prawn fritters close behind.
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Socialites decked out in their finest Chanel tweeds fanned themselves with their invitation cards as temperatures climbed inside the venue, a stone's throw from the Louvre museum.
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And it lies within a stone's throw of the most intensively used footpath on the North York Moors.
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We live just a stone's throw from here.
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Aston Martins and Bentleys are on display in the auto pavilion just a stone's throw from the latest John Deere models.
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The cottage is just a stone's throw from the sea.
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The hotel is only a stone's throw from the beach.
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Walter Scheel was born in Solingen, the capital of West Germany's cutlery industry, just a stone's throw from the giant blast furnaces of the Ruhr and adjacent to the teeming city of Cologne.
The Aims and Responsibilities of German Foreign Policy
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A stone's throw from the traffic and diversity of nearby Arusha, Tanzania, a village community -- what we might call neighborhood -- is preserved in the distinctly non-urban, tribal traditions which overlay the foundational stratigraphy of East Africa.
Charles R. Wolfe: Envisioning the Blend: Tradition, Tourism and Sustainability
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Nearly 400 people crammed into Harlem's Studio Museum, an impressive showplace for the work of black artists just a stone's throw from the legendary Apollo Theater, for the glitzy party my publisher threw for the launch of my latest book.
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The Patscherkofel cable car is a stone's throw away, and the bus to Innsbruck stops nearby.
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There were far more profitable houses to burgle within a stone's throw of her own modest establishment.
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The hotel is within a stone's throw of the beach.
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The Ipswich party had to stay in a hotel of ill repute just a stone's throw from the notorious red light district.
Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest Football Manager
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The group's head office on Victoria Street is nestled at the heart of central government, a stone's throw from the Home Office, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the Department for Transport and New Scotland Yard.
Capita deals with £3.3bn of government spending as more work is outsourced
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There were far more profitable houses to burgle within a stone's throw of her own modest establishment.
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The property you are about to buy should be in a place that's just a stone's throw away , so to speak, for the sake of convenience.
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Or the Best Western 1407 Division Street, +1 615 242 1631, book.bestwestern.com, is a stone's throw from a statue of legendary producer Owen Bradley and all of the record company offices.
Insider's guide to musical pilgrimages: Country, soul, blues, folk, world music
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These guys take the juice from a variety of apples which don't make the cut for exports from two main orchids in this region just a stone's throw from their cidery.
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Just a stone's throw away is the City Art Gallery.
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How diverse the land is here; desert and limestone cliffs are a stone's throw from the reef.
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The "katipo," found in sedges on the beach of New Zealand, is dreaded by the Maoris, who traditionally refuse to sleep nearer than half a stone's throw from the water, that being the extent of range of the spider.
The Poison Bugaboo
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We live a stone's throw from/within a stone's throw of here.
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The roads just a stone's throw from the international airport in Lusaka, Zambia's capital city, are unsurfaced and potholed on the way into the city.
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The newly - built railway station is only a stone's throw away.
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The quiet, rural hamlet of Baycliff is only a stone's throw away and like its neighbours boasts some of the nicest eateries and stopovers in the area.
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Champagne and cassis is always welcome but all the more so when the Albert Memorial is a stone's throw away reminding one that life's rich pageant is fleeting and all the better to spend what there is in good company.
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The ex-offenders centre is only a stone's throw away from the Ursuline Convent where there is a secondary college for teenage girls.
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The Ipswich party had to stay in a hotel of ill repute just a stone's throw from the notorious red light district.
Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest Football Manager
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The air is thick with gannets, and over the years, I have encountered blue, sei, humpback and minke whales and orcas within a stone's throw of the rock.
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But parishioners at St Laurence's, the town's parish church, just a stone's throw away, were up in arms because their own vicar's house is Chorley's official rectory.
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The hotel is just a stone's throw from the Union Buildings which can be seen in their majestic grandeur from most rooms.
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A stone's throw from a mosaic pike, two lads fished the muddy waters.
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Sprung from a little knot of (we wish we could say "_jolly young_," though truth compels us to proclaim) far from jolly, and decidedly old, "watermen," the _above-bridge navy_, whose shattered and unfrequented wherries were always "in want of a fare," may now boast of covering the bosom of the Thames with its fleet of steamers; thus, as it were, bringing the substantial piers of London Bridge within a stone's throw -- if we may be allowed to pitch it so remarkably strong -- of the once remote regions of the
Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841
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It was an ideal stone's throw from the totally unspoilt village square with a local restaurant - with a stunning view out to sea - and a small supermarket groaning with fresh produce.
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Practically any stationary object within a stone's throw of Princes Street has been garlanded with fairy lights.
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The cottage is just a stone's throw from the sea.
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Every time I got within a stone's throw of those yummies I couldn't eat, I'd end up with, to borrow a few words from Dr. Seuss, crummies in my tummy.
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Best known for being home to the architectural feat called the Panama Canal, this lively Latin American city is just a stone's throw from some of Central America's richest rain forests.
Tip Sheet
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Downtown's newest hotel sports great art, moderne styling, 282 luxe rooms, and a rooftop pool, all a stone's throw from the convention center.
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There's a huge stockpile of them little more than a stone's throw away in cosmological terms, all waitng for someone to grab them up.
Post Mission Side Effects - NASA Watch
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The hotel is only a stone's throw from the beach.
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We live a stone's throw from/within a stone's throw of here.
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And they are only about 2.5 million light-years apart, barely a stone's throw in intergalactic terms.
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The modern-day Globe is located on the south bank of the River Thames a stone's throw from where the original theater used to exist and is built to similar specifications with an open-air stage, standing room in front of the stage for inexpensive "groundling" tickets and a thatched roof over the galleries for those willing to pay more for a seat.
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While their induction might involve a few drams of malt whisky, they will also experience the office's wonderful rural setting outside Edinburgh just a stone's throw from the Pentland Hills.
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A stone's throw from the Gallatin River, the lodge sits in primo trout territory.
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Similarly a stone's throw, as the crow flies, etc.
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‘It's within a stone's throw of the Leeds-Liverpool canal conservation area, a listed mill building, a popular walking route and it would be a blot on the landscape,’ he said.
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It is cheek by jowl with the small boats that land the fish, and a stone's throw from the market where it is auctioned.
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You may notice that both these institutions of higher education are a mere stone's throw from my current longitude and latitude.
