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

Distancing Themselves in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 18
  • Discovered as a combination around: distancing
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.2 words

Words in this phrase

distancing themselves

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • distancing can mean: present participle and gerund of distance Frequent word
  • themselves can mean: The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as t... Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

a millionaire distancing themselves from the 1× a statement distancing themselves from the 1× and alex distancing themselves from the 1× are increasingly distancing themselves from kishida 1× are slowly distancing themselves from the 1× chronicle also distancing themselves from this 1× dup and distancing themselves from the 1× formerly twitter distancing themselves from the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all the signs 1× an increasing number 1× and now liberal 1× are they doing 1× as the cabinet 1× by the end 1×

Common sentence endings:

a gay person 1× and his administration 1× carried it out 1× contradict their values 1× from the matter 1× news on wednesday 1×

Context words

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

gay 2× people 2× kishida 2× lawmakers 2× administration 2× news 2× comedian 2× clarkson 2× jewish 2× meghan 2× markle 2× harry 2×

Related phrases

social distancing physical distancing distancing measures find themselves distancing guidelines distancing rules distancing itself establish themselves prepare themselves describe themselves

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around distancing:

social distancing 20× physical distancing 18× distancing measures 15× distancing guidelines 10× distancing rules 6× distancing itself 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

distancing rules distancing measures distancing itself distancing guidelines distance learning dispute resolution

Just after it in the phrase index:

distinct possibility distributed across distributed computing distribution centers distribution company district attorney

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

distancing measures distancing guidelines distancing rules distancing itself

Same ending:

find themselves establish themselves prepare themselves describe themselves amongst themselves

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "distancing themselves" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a millionaire distancing themselves from the, a statement distancing themselves from the, gay, people and kishida 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 themselves

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

Short example sentences

Holbrooke said that African nations “should consider distancing themselves from NAM”. (11 words)

And now Liberal members of parliament have been distancing themselves from Guillet. (12 words)

Are they doing a DUP and distancing themselves from the people who carried it out. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

The blowback was swift, with several rounds of public apologies made by Clarkson and the studios that employ the commentator and host, Amazon (“Clarkson’s Farm”) and ITV (“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”) distancing themselves from the matter. (39 words)

As the cabinet and the LDP’s approval ratings continue to hit new lows, Kishida’s intra-party cohesion is also weakening as the lawmakers are increasingly distancing themselves from Kishida and his administration. (34 words)

Thus, by distancing themselves from gay people, they are reaffirming their role as a heterosexual in a heteronormative culture, thereby attempting to prevent themselves from being labeled and treated as a gay person. (33 words)

Example sentences (18)

Thus, by distancing themselves from gay people, they are reaffirming their role as a heterosexual in a heteronormative culture, thereby attempting to prevent themselves from being labeled and treated as a gay person.

As the cabinet and the LDP’s approval ratings continue to hit new lows, Kishida’s intra-party cohesion is also weakening as the lawmakers are increasingly distancing themselves from Kishida and his administration.

He, and the others, bring clarity and connection to the front without distancing themselves from the pain and suffering that surrounds them all.

Holbrooke said that African nations “should consider distancing themselves from NAM”.

In the wake of the news the swimming group released a statement distancing themselves from the comedian turned conspiracy theorist.

The blowback was swift, with several rounds of public apologies made by Clarkson and the studios that employ the commentator and host, Amazon (“Clarkson’s Farm”) and ITV (“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”) distancing themselves from the matter.

The fast food franchise’s branches in Oman and Pakistan then posted statements on X (formerly Twitter) distancing themselves from the restaurant’s Israeli initiative.

All of these signed a separate letter to the Jewish Chronicle, also distancing themselves from this ill thought-out project.

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Just to be clear, a lot of this does leave room for interpretation – but with Chappelle, it appeared that Yang was purposefully distancing themselves from the actor/comedian.

All the Signs Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Were Distancing Themselves From the Royal FamilyPrince Harry and Meghan Markle announced some major news on Wednesday.

However, with J'onn, Kara and Alex distancing themselves from the organization, it seems the show could be done with the DEO for good sooner rather than later.

Some Republican lawmakers began distancing themselves from the claims of the president and his inner circle, asserting that they should either present evidence of cheating or respect the democratic process.

And now Liberal members of parliament have been distancing themselves from Guillet.

An increasing number of Jewish millennials — particularly in the United States — are distancing themselves from Israel because its policies contradict their values.

Are they doing a DUP and distancing themselves from the people who carried it out.

Ettle was also supposed to be featured in an upcoming 2019 documentary by Lady Buds on women in the cannabis industry, but the company is now distancing themselves from her.

Still, Indian companies are slowly distancing themselves from the H-1B program because they are faced with added scrutiny under the current administration.

By the end of 1990, some of Mečiar‘s partners in the VPN began distancing themselves from him.

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