in the distance
Example Sentences
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With Big Bear Lake glittering in the distance, he raises each foot in a kneading motion — evoking a bald eagle massage.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
The picture, which now hangs in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, offers a panorama of an alpine landscape, with the snow-covered Cordillera Occidental rising in the distance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Taken from close to the lunar surface, it showed our planet rising in the distance.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
The low hum of cars passing and horns beeping in the distance gives me a sense of safety; I’m never alone.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
Somewhere in the distance and deep belowground, water trickled and plunked onto ancient rock.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
