Sentence examples for distant like from inspiring English sources

Something bright and distant, like gold falling through water".

Many affected warm proxy personalities that were chummy and distant, like teachers'.

The bullets sounded tinny and distant, like in an old arcade game.

On the other hand, he said, Gatsby's evocation of the American dream has an innocence and passion that are impossibly distant, like astral material from a lost galaxy.

I woke up in hospital with bruises and concussion, then drifted through each day feeling sluggish and distant, like I was underwater.

Where Mantel's immediate, visceral present-tense prose in Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies is an immersive experience, this is more distant, like a luxurious art-house film, seducing you with its beautifully paced, beautifully framed images.

Not sure what that brother-in-law or distant cousin might like?

Larger cities like Los Angeles can import water from distant rivers, like the Colorado River, but even these remote supplies are dwindling.

It is less likely to spread through the bloodstream and lymph system to distant organs like the lungs and brain.

Reaching distant villages like Nglurah, however, can take some effort.

Distant planes, like tiny flies, pass over her.