It was still distant, abstract: battles at sea thousands of miles off.

Hopefully there'll be some good news in the not too distant future.

Avery said simply, 'I saw him fall.' The tawny eyes were distant.

I appear where I am most needed, yet in hope most distant.

We must continue our acquaintance sometime in the not too distant future.

Not far enough to know things as distant as this map shows.

But France will always come a distant second in the loyalty stakes.

When asked if the host was distant and cold, Nikkie said yes.

In the growing light, he heard the distant sound of roaring water.

Path of cannon ball; weight of fish in water; hitting distant mark.

My people lived then in the distant Pa-lat Kwa-bi in the South.

He had hired it done, of course, using laborers from distant towns.

The fog outside had thickened; the sounds of the city seemed distant.

The bells rang for schools; the distant hum of the town began.

The roar of escaping gas was heard in Munroville, five miles distant.

Perhaps Earth in the distant past was simply closer to the Sun.