Sentence examples for half a planet away from inspiring English sources
She was fearful about my being in a war zone, and I was in an absolute panic about her debut into the world of complete independence while I was half a planet away.
We won't be buying some gizmo built by overworked assembly lines half a planet away.
On May 31, the 24-year-old posted a photo of herself with turquoise hair and quoted a line from Janet Fitch's novel "White Oleander," writing, "She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar".
In a century when the roots of environmental problems often lie half a planet away (consider the ivory trade, or the contribution of greenhouse gases and soot to Arctic ice melting) what's needed most is collaborative post-departmental journalism, not individual desks and editors competing for the front page.
The body count half a world away, the failed leadership, the terrible inequities of life on the planet seemed incidental to our youth and promise.
The screen is half a mile away;.
"And we were giving half a length away here, half a length away there.
"But Australia is half a world away.
Our closest neighbors are a half a mile away.
I live half a continent away in Connecticut.
Or perhaps neighbors half a mile away?
