Sentence examples for in a distant sort from inspiring English sources

Yet he could not help being fond of the place, in a distant sort of way.

He described Samy as having a "distant sort of smile".

And in a vague, distant sort of way, I guess I'm glad that Carly Fiorina is the head of Hewlett-Packard and that actresses as young as Drew Barrymore can get their own production companies nowadays.

A cow grazing in a distant field.

Mr. Paul came in a distant second.

My husband sat in a distant chair.

Lenin came in a distant sixth.

He's paternal, in a distant way.

(The emperor came in a distant second).

He had trained with an old friend in a distant city, in a distant time.

A dog was barking in a distant yard.