remoteness

Example Sentences

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The people who have held the commanding heights of news—from editors down to reporters—may not be quite Kaelesque in their remoteness from their less refined fellow citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

It says: "Its siting demonstrates a deliberate attempt to establish an intimate bond between natural beauty and remoteness on the one hand and human spiritual commitment on the other."

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

But neither remoteness nor favorable courts were enough to make central Louisiana into American Siberia.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025

Dr. MacKinnon: “You don’t think she saw your remoteness as a defense? When she uses remoteness herself as a defense. Didn’t you just tell me? She never looks back?”

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

The remoteness of the prison made the authorities feel they could ignore us with impunity.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela