distant

[ˈdɪstənt]

Definition:
1. Far away in space or time.
2. Far apart in relevance or relationship.

Use 'distant' in a sentence:

• 1. The chirps of the garden birds sounded distant.
• 2. Inside, the noise of the traffic was reduced to a distant rumble.
• 3. He is direct and courteous but distant.
• 4. He's a distant cousin of mine.
• 5. Larry was exiled to a distant land.
• 6. When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork.
• 7. The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.
• 8. While they talked they heard a distant sound.
• 9. The mountains rolled away to a distant horizon.
• 10. She had started to delve into her father's distant past.
• 11. He was exiled to a distant land.
• 12. The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
• 13. Their life seemed utterly distant from his own.
• 14. Astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy.
• 15. He was his distant relative, as was everyone else on the island, come to think of it.
• 16. Last summer's drought is a distant memory.
• 17. Her manner was cold and distant.
• 18. They watched the sun set behind the distant dales.
• 19. The only sounds were the distant, melancholy cries of the sheep.
• 20. Holly smiled distantly.
• 21. There was silence now except for the distant sea, a slight zephyr stirring the trees.
• 22. I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person.
• 23. There was a distant look in her eyes; her mind was obviously on something else.
• 24. Pat sounded very cold and distant on the phone.
• 25. They listened; evidently the distant shoutings were growing more distant!
• 26. I have a distant relative in this small town.
• 27. Distant creaks and groans echoed eerily along the dark corridors.
• 28. At night, lights twinkle in distant cabins across the valleys.
• 29. He was mute, distant, and indifferent.
• 30. There is little doubt, however, that things will improve in the not too distant future.
• 31. He was her distant relative, as was everyone else on the island, come to think of it.
• 32. The telescope reveals many distant stars to our sight.
• 33. The distant thunder from the coast continued sporadically.
• 34. They heard a deep, distant roar.
• 35. The airport was about 20 kilometres distant.
• 36. Now the raft was passing before the distant town.
• 37. The first distant crash of thunder shook the air.
• 38. At night, lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys.
• 39. He's a distant relative of the mayor.
• 40. There was a distant look in her eyes from time to time, her thoughts elsewhere.
• 41. Somewhere, distantly, he could hear the sound of the sea.
• 42. Nine months later, those talks appear as distant as ever.
• 43. How distant I am from everything!
• 44. On first acquaintance she is cool and slightly distant.
• 45. I was slightly afraid of their chilly distant politeness.
• 46. Lightning flashed among the distant dark clouds.
• 47. Galactic surveys show that distant galaxies are not as evenly distributed in space as theory predicts.
• 48. We're distantly related.
• 49. The time we spent together is now a distant memory.