Sentence examples for had been distant from inspiring English sources

His father had been distant; he, in turn, had been the rebellious son.

"The Arab League had been distant, and the fact that they became fully engaged was very interesting," the lawyer said.

Ling told police they had walked over a field to the woods and had sex "although she had been distant with him throughout the meeting".

Before Zarqawi, the creation of an Islamic State, and even more the re-establishment of the caliphate, had been distant dreams of the Qutbists.

Mr. Speight, 39, had been distant since his mother died of cancer in 2006, they said, but in recent months he was increasingly angry with family members who he believed were trying to steal the farmhouse that his mother had bequeathed to him.

Matt himself admits that they had been distant because he spent so much time on his work.

Throughout human history, comets have been distant, mysterious heavenly bodies.

Jazz may have been distant, but it was an unmistakeable undertow just the same.

Members of both parties complain today that the president's outreach has been distant and dismissive.

I've been distant and disappointing for years, but there was a time I believed in the dream.

In the last few months, Jonze and Coppola have been distant, rarely living in the same city.