The phrase "decent distance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a reasonable or satisfactory amount of space between two points or objects.
Example: "We should maintain a decent distance from the edge of the cliff for safety."
Alternatives: "reasonable distance" or "sufficient distance".
Rhys Clements had traveled a decent distance to come to the game.
Del Toro looks longingly at Emily Blunt's exquisitely sculpted collarbone, a decent distance north of undisclosed cleavage.
"In other words," he continued, "I think in '86 that if I made a bad swing, I was still strong enough to power the ball a decent distance.
It was a public bathroom with multiple stalls, but the stalls were a decent distance from the door, and the door opened noisily.
Officials tried to stain the marbles brown again, put up a railing (which still survives) to keep the public at a decent distance, and held an internal inquiry designed to place blame on lowly members of staff with drinking problems.
I remember a time when one's urgent wild-camping needs involved being given a trowel and some loo-roll by your parents and being told to dig a small hole a decent distance from the tent.
As the metal layers glided over each other, it was a strong system and the leverage of bogie arms provided a decent travel distance.
Wroten -- who is a very poor shooter, is not unlike many young guards, in that he is actually decent from distance when he can create his own rhythm by dribbling into his shots.
One to watch Asterisk (John Berry) has a decent middle-distance pedigree and suggested her initial rating may not be beyond her when keeping on from the rear under a novice rider at Lingfield on Wednesday.
At the other end Fulham forward Hugo Rodallega had a decent shot from distance easily saved by Petr Cech.
Bale - who mostly operated in the middle of the pitch - forced a decent save from distance before Defoe blazed over after dribbling past Russell Martin.
