Sentence examples for a distant from inspiring English sources

"a distant" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is not close, either in physical or metaphorical terms. For example: She could hear the call of the distant mountain in the wind.

Exact(60)

That's a distant dream".

The New Yorker

A distant siren cried.

The New Yorker

A distant foghorn blows.

The New Yorker

They finished a distant third.

The New York Times

This is a distant prospect.

The Economist

That seems a distant prospect.

Independent

Catalina Island, a distant mirage.

The New Yorker

Efficiency is a distant dream.

The Economist

Stanford was a distant fourth.

The New York Times - Sports

Texas is a distant third.

The New York Times

That's a distant second, though.

The New York Times

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