Sentence examples for distant old from inspiring English sources

Does she really love this imperious and distant old man?

Toby: Isn't the future of libraries dependent on not having gatekeepers who are scary, on libraries not looking ancient, and not being about distant, old knowledge?

In the signing line are scores of acquaintances — former classmates, parents of my friends, friends of my parents, Sunday-school teachers, fellow-actors in school plays, teachers from high school, co-workers of my father's, bridge partners of my mother's, people from church, near and distant old neighbors from Webster Woods.

In the signing line are scores of acquaintances former classmates, parents of my friends, friends of my parents, Sunday-school teachers, fellow-actors in school plays, teachers from high school, co-workers of my father's, bridge partners of my mother's, people from church, near and distant old neighbors from Webster Woods.

If we consider violence against women as something "other" – a distant, old-fashioned story to shiver over in delicious fear like a ghost story – we detach ourselves from the reality that on average two women per week are murdered by a current or former partner in England and Wales today.

A distant older cousin, Emily, becomes Mynah's emotional Virgil in the time of mounting anxiety.

He grew distant from old friends: "I became quite fanatical and felt quite isolated for a period of time".

Their confidence, charisma and international outlook make this generation of politicians especially frustrated by the distant, elderly old coves who run Japan.The group is also united by a hard-headed appraisal of the LDP's poor showing in the lower-house election last month.

It seems likely to establish Currin as one of his generation's most esteemed painters, the fashionable art star who claims to disdain fashion, dreaming instead about the distant, bearded old masters and wondering with apparent earnestness whether he can join their league.

We therefore have a twisted, bright image from our very distant, very old object.

The gills appear closely spaced in unexpanded caps, but usually more distant in old individuals.