distant

Example Sentences

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The war is a distant drumbeat, its threat ever audible to Steele’s underemployed, eminently draftable characters from 9,000 miles away.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Fans saw them less like distant pop stars, more like talented, awkward and goofy boys - and feel like they watched them grow up.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The findings also raise questions about the distant future of our own solar system.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Now, Google researchers have published a white paper indicating that Q-Day—the point where quantum computers can crack the encryption protecting much of the world’s data—isn’t a distant threat.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Jonah looked around, but most of the kids just looked bored and distant, as if this was a particularly dull class at school.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix