great distance

Example Sentences

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After a moment, he passed the device to me, and ahead, at great distance, I saw three spectral outlines tumbling around on a nearby peak.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

"It is the very first to be found at such a great distance with no line of sight to any landmass," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2024

“Beneath it all, we could be a great distance away, safe and alone.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

But even in that short section, it was possible to see that the tunnel continued a great distance ahead.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2023

We continue to share with our remotest ancestors the most tangled and evasive attitudes about death, despite the great distance we have come in understanding some of the profound aspects of biology.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas