distance of time

Example Sentences

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Even with the distance of time, here’s how she describes the mountain setting: “Outside the windows, the landscape beckons; it isn’t a mirage, it’s a Zwang, as we used to say in school, a duty.”

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024

And, like I said, Gary has learned to love him over the long distance of time in his own way.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2023

These essays are a cross section of Coates’ work that, read with the distance of time, reveal the shifts in his thinking, even as they cover familiar concerns and questions.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2017

Sitting under the stained-glass window at Saint Mark’s, Myles suggested that perhaps the distance of time has made her writing more palatable to the public.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2016

But though one was a man of thought, and the other of progress, no distance of time nor station could separate them.

From Silent Struggles by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)