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Meanings of more distant in English

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Usage of more distant in English
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Behind and above them were mountains; serrated tiers; higher and more distant.
Beyond the Vanishing Point
2
He barely acknowledged her presence now, growing more distant by the day.
Armageddon's Children
3
And presently her voice came again from the more distant darkness somewhere:
The Hidden Children
4
You may see something of it here-somethingof the more distant trees.
Mansfield Park
5
The more distant interior is alternate brush and plain, and exceedingly barren.
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
6
As we departed the coast, the Earth Engines grew ever more distant.
The Wandering Earth
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The camp-fires now seemed more distant and a little to my right.
Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
8
I heard their smacking footsteps and the sound of something more distant.
Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
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Make the moves harder by going for more distant or smaller holds.
Climbing Magazine
10
Even more distant countries are not beyond the range of their ambition.
New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
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Stragglers from the more distant houses were coming up every few minutes.
Carette of Sark
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But the more distant Hailsham grew, the less important the essays seemed.
Never let me go
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The hubbub from behind was as loud as ever, but more distant.
The golden compass
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She had neither tongue nor eye for more distant and difficult dependants.
Girlhood and Womanhood / The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortu...
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At that moment she seemed more distant to me than ever before.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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I watched as he grew more and more distant, beyond the buoys.
The book of murder
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