distance
Example Sentences
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“The responsibility I take in all of this is accepting distance,” says Burden.
From Los Angeles Times
I gestured to the building in the distance.
From Literature
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Glancing over my shoulder to make sure they’re not following me, I break into a run, dart left down an alleyway and around the corner, increasing the distance between me and him.
From Literature
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Slowly, skeptically, Clare removed his monocle and closed the distance between his eye hollow and the swirling darkness.
From Literature
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From the cockpit of the Voyager we watched the shimmering lights of Cyprus fade into the distance.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.