Below you will find example sentences with "distancing itself". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Distancing Itself in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 17
  • Discovered as a combination around: distancing
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.4 words

Words in this phrase

distancing itself

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • distancing can mean: present participle and gerund of distance Frequent word
  • itself can mean: it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a statement distancing itself from the 1× africa s distancing itself from rhodesia 1× county is distancing itself from a 1× difficulty in distancing itself from this 1× face by distancing itself from those 1× facility further distancing itself from tehran 1× is already distancing itself from 1× is also distancing itself from fineday 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and brunei will 1× by proposing that 1× however in response 1× in 2014 rahul 1× in confusing news 1× in letters to 1×

Common sentence endings:

could cost ramaphosa 1× die of coronavirus 1× distancing itself from 1× for a month 1× from analog controls 1× from this backlash 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

though 2× south 2× africa 2× majority 2× party 2× publicly 2× county 2× new 2× month 2× white 2× house 2× nuclear 2×

Related phrases

social distancing physical distancing distancing measures defend itself finds itself describes itself distancing guidelines presents itself distancing themselves distancing rules

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around distancing:

social distancing 20× physical distancing 18× distancing measures 15× distancing guidelines 10× distancing themselves 9× distancing rules 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

distancing guidelines distance learning dispute resolution displaced persons disordered eating disney world

Just after it in the phrase index:

distancing measures distancing rules distancing themselves distinct possibility distributed across distributed computing

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

distancing measures distancing guidelines distancing themselves distancing rules

Same ending:

defend itself finds itself describes itself presents itself

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "distancing itself" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a statement distancing itself from the, africa s distancing itself from rhodesia, though, south and africa stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with social distancing, physical distancing, distancing measures, social distancing, physical distancing and distancing measures, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with distancing itself

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

And Brunei will find difficulty in distancing itself from this backlash. (11 words)

The White House distancing itself from Mulvaney’s quid pro quo. (11 words)

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) is also distancing itself from FineDay. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

By proposing that the new “Open Ontario for Business” bylaw be implemented by municipalities, the province is distancing itself from the scrutiny, criticism and accountability that would normally be directed at them had they used the MZO. (37 words)

While it would be simplistic to suggest that social distancing itself causes increasing rates of suicide or drug use, online support for people in distress is about to become more important than ever. (33 words)

Some of Trump’s top Republican allies have condemned the remarks, and his campaign took the rare step of publicly distancing itself from Hinchcliffe’s joke, though not the other comments. (31 words)

Example sentences (17)

It’s obvious that the tabloid is trying to save face by distancing itself from those rumors, even though it was often responsible for pushing them itself.

Other observers perceived South Africa's distancing itself from Rhodesia as being an early move in the process that led to majority rule in South Africa itself.

In letters to political parties, DA leader said the party was distancing itself from involvement in a coalition with the PA.

However, in response to the article, Lululeom issued a statement distancing itself from the former CEO.

Some of Trump’s top Republican allies have condemned the remarks, and his campaign took the rare step of publicly distancing itself from Hinchcliffe’s joke, though not the other comments.

Santa Clara County is distancing itself from a city of San Jose projection that "even in a best-case scenario," 2,000 county residents will die of coronavirus.

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) is also distancing itself from FineDay.

While it would be simplistic to suggest that social distancing itself causes increasing rates of suicide or drug use, online support for people in distress is about to become more important than ever.

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And Brunei will find difficulty in distancing itself from this backlash.

By proposing that the new “Open Ontario for Business” bylaw be implemented by municipalities, the province is distancing itself from the scrutiny, criticism and accountability that would normally be directed at them had they used the MZO.

In 2014, Rahul Gandhi disappeared mysteriously for over a month and this time, the grand-old party is distancing itself from the media glare again for a month.

In confusing news, the White House is toying around with a gun control proposal that the Trump administration is already distancing itself from.

Iran started to inject uranium gas into centrifuges at an underground nuclear facility, further distancing itself from Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Namely, the Golf 8 is going the way of Audi in terms of distancing itself from analog controls.

The White House distancing itself from Mulvaney’s quid pro quo.

He said it was clear that the ANC had no intention of publicly distancing itself away from Zuma, which he said could cost Ramaphosa.

Information, Communication and Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira this week confirmed the issue, but said government, Telecel's majority shareholder, is distancing itself from the new fight.

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