Sentence examples for a rather remote from inspiring English sources

By contrast, Aaliyah was a rather remote figure.

In fact, Langdale said, initial programming might involve education reform — a rather remote item on the Freedom Agenda.

From being a rather remote figure whom we younger Observerites felt in respectful awe of, Jane became part of the gang (or we became part of hers).

It's a rather remote hideaway in an unlikely area for a restaurant: among modest homes that might have originally served as summer houses or fisherman's places.

However, a natural shyness could give him a rather remote air.

Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges: A Complete Guide notes that despite being "located in a rather remote area, it is worth the trip to see this beautifully restored historic treasure".

This is a strange, rather remote anxiety: like a noise heard in sleep, it does not remain what it is, but infiltrates the unconscious and makes peculiar forms there.

Ms. Emery, a skilled and poised actress, makes for a gentle, rather remote Gertrude, whose entrance swigging from a bottle of whiskey after the death of Ophelia seems a rather bald signal of her emotional disintegration.

They are not a single people, and since they never really were, the possibility of them partaking in a long journey together is rather remote.

FOR people who practise religion in comfortable, well-ordered places, and face no greater physical danger than sore knees or feet, the idea of being a martyr (in the sense of dying for one's faith and receiving a heavenly reward) can seem rather remote.

We knew that at least one of the new Xooms would be able to double as a (rather large) remote control, but Motorola surprised us yesterday when they revealed that both of the Xoom 2 models feature IR transmitters.