distant
Example Sentences
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The promise the 27-year-old right-hander showed in making a 46 in the first innings of the first Test in Perth now looks as distant as England's hopes of regaining the urn.
From BBC
On this Thursday night, that is distant history.
From Los Angeles Times
Of course this isn't the case for all house-shares - but she thinks having an emotionally distant flatmate can make people "even more lonely" than if they lived alone.
From BBC
He is a first cousin, three times removed, of Sir Winston Churchill and a distant relative of the late Princess Diana through the Spencer family.
From BBC
And when the production falls somewhere between RedOne productions and Plan B deep cuts, that world becomes a post-cultural, hazy pop dystopia of both the past and a far-off, distant future.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
