distant

Example Sentences

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As digital natives, we’ve grown up knowing the internet can be dangerous, yet this danger has always felt distant—something that happened to other people.

From The Wall Street Journal

To locate dark matter, the team measured how its mass bends space, which in turn bends the light traveling to Earth from distant galaxies -- as if that light had passed through a warped windowpane.

From Science Daily

Last season's euphoric FA Cup triumph seems a distant memory; the club's spiral towards the relegation zone is in stark contrast to the jubilation of nine months ago.

From BBC

Then the ambulance is driving away, the back window too distant to peer into.

From Literature

Villaraigosa, who ran on a moderate platform, finished in a distant third place in the primary, and Newsom went on to win two terms as governor.

From Los Angeles Times