distant

[ˈdɪstənt]

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

'distant' example 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.