Sentence examples for a thing separate from inspiring English sources

How does it become aware of itself as a thing separate from its surroundings?

When my life collapsed inward — which is what death is, life collapsing deep into itself — that phrase remained outside the collapsing; it became a thing separate from me.

I explained that a "view" is a way of perceiving a world made up of discreet things seen as having "self-existence," i.e., as being a thing separate and independent of other things, and also independent of mind creation.

A thing separated from the land could be stolen, however.

As I note in the introduction, one common misconception of creativity is that it's a single thing, separate from other kinds of cognition.

You have to think of the synopsis as a distinct thing, separate from the novel or query letter.

For John Locke it had become self-evident that "the church itself is a thing absolutely separate and distinct from the commonwealth.

After all, most of the time, the only thing separating a salesman from a marketing flack is a college degree.

Consecration, an act by which a person or a thing is separated from secular or profane use and dedicated permanently to the sacred by prayers, rites, and ceremonies.

In the physical world, the only thing separating a chair from a rock is their rate of vibration.

The only thing separating a robber and perhaps thousands of dollars in cash is a clerk whose training for such situations amounts to being told, "Don't be a hero".