Sentence examples for and a distant from inspiring English sources

I hear a click and a distant dial tone.

Is this just pie-in-the-sky for a distant future and a distant galaxy?

We're sitting in cars facing darkly glittering water and a distant horizon.

Viner, who is fifty, has a beard and a distant, knowing smile.

The breakdown: 30percentt pumpkin, 28percentt apple and a distant 14percentt for pecan.

For residents here, he was the sole mediator between them and a distant state.

The search is on for a new heir, and a distant male relative is found.

The painting looks from inside the Musson house through a doorway to the yard and a distant house beyond.

Everything should run faster when the pipes aren't clogged by constant chatter between your computer and a distant database.

You can hear, on the seven soundtracks, the drone of an air-conditioner, the wind and a distant train whistle.

Japan, however, was not so important for China: It was only China's second-largest trade partner last year--and a distant second at that.