distant
Example Sentences
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A distant mother, she relied heavily on nannies but insisted girls should be educated at home.
Seven steps into the trees, I closed my eyes and filtered out the noise of the birds and breeze, and the city beyond that, until a distant but steady thump came to me.
From Literature
It’s finally quiet, just the two of us and the distant thumping from inside.
From Literature
As he spoke, the distant colored lights began glowing in turn.
From Literature
Light from extremely distant objects such as J0100+2802 has been stretched into infrared wavelengths due to the expansion of the universe.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
