Sentence examples for remote like from inspiring English sources

Appearing first aloof and remote, "like Garbo in dark glasses and trouser suit", Silja mutated into a "spangled art deco icon, then into a Dietrich-like androgyne in leather", finally forcing us to confront the tortured psyche lying beneath the trappings of glamour.

"The odds of them being random are typically quite remote, like one in a million.

Many of the private companies are faceless, unaccountable, remote – like Southern Cross.

An American exchange student in alien Scotland is "doggedly courteous and, at the same time, utterly remote, like the landing party in an old episode of Star Trek".

When not converging on literally nothing, his pictorial schemes address objects that are either remote, like the moon, or obdurate, like the battered oak.

One reason may be that the issues at stake are too regional, like forest fires or salmon recovery, or too remote, like global warming.

Unlike traditional game consoles, the Wii operates with a TV remote-like controller that senses player movements.

I might have taken the Philips CD-i's weird, TV-remote-like controller to task for being a certifiable basket of crap, but since the company lost a billion dollars on their flopped console, I'd say they've suffered enough.

Therefore, a remote desktop-like connection is preferable as it provides a better stepping stone into the world of Linux.

Rather than forcing trainees to use a terminal, we opted to use NX technology to provide the trainees with a remote desktop-like GUI.

Voice-recognition and motion sensors are already being incorporated into new remotes like the Samsung Magic Touch, the LG Magic Motion and the Ident Gesture Remote.