How to Use distant in a Sentence

distant

adjective

• In the distant past, dinosaurs roamed the earth.
• The day I left home is now a distant memory.
• Heavy snow may fall in one spot while the sun shines a mile or two distant in either direction.
  — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
• Many from the distant past consisted of calls to attend the church of your preference.
  — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Nov. 2024
• Quasars – objects at the hearts of distant galaxies powered by black holes – are supremely bright.
  — Kevin Pimbblet, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022
• Geely and Volkswagen are a distant third and fourth respectively selling half a million apiece.
  — Byjames Morris, Fortune Europe, 26 Nov. 2024
• Your relationship with both women has grown distant enough to have relegated you to an outer orbit, with very sparse contact.
  — Ask Amy, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022
• Imagined as a remote outpost by many Americans, the border has long been perceived as distant to US life.
  — Michelle Garcia, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
• Councilmember Kevin de León, another mayoral candidate, landed in a distant third place in that contest.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• The evidence is 200 ancient stars in the Milky Way’s halo, the most distant of which is more than a million light-years from Earth.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
• Wells, who is 60 years old, has averaged almost a book a year for more than three decades, ranging from palace intrigues to excursions into distant worlds populated by shapeshifters.
  — Meghan Herbst, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
• Like the distant rumble of an approaching thunderstorm, the collective engine notes hint at the constrained intensity waiting to be unleashed.
  — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2024
• Meanwhile, Saudi and American agribusinesses dip deep in the valley floors for water, which their animals turn into eggs and milk for distant markets.
  — Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
• As her husband Greg becomes increasingly cold and distant on their trip, Tanya even begins using her extravagant fashion choices as a means to pull him closer.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2022
• But a lot of the more distant fire is done with blanks on set.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 15 May 2024
• These trips offer the fastest way to see distant parts of the world with the most comfort.
  — Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
• Someone as distant as a third cousin might do for a match.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• Why can’t wildlife watchers catch a glimpse of the russet beasts on a distant vista?
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2023
• The dry weather regime could be a distant memory by the spring.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• But The Beat comes in a fairly distant second place, with 479 weeks spent on the tally.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• Webb scans the universe from a more distant perch, 1 million miles away.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 12 July 2023
• The idea that people only come to Venice at a specific time of year is part of the distant past.
  — Maddalena Fossati, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024
• In the film, a young man visits his distant father in one of the world’s most lavish resorts.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 May 2023
• Great waves dashing against the distant breakwater shook the metal decks by the shore.
  — Tim Hornyak, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2023
• But the first pass was distant enough that the signal would be too low to stand out above the background noise in the detectors.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2022
• Pence is mired in single digits, fighting for a distant third place with the rest of the growing field.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 7 June 2023
• The good, good news though is that in a week or so, this will all hopefully be but a distant nightmare.
  — oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2023
• But no starters have been named yet and a depth chart remains somewhat distant.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 10 Aug. 2023
• That was seen as a distant prospect until the recent eruption.
  — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• Rather, the breeze probably carried the smell from some distant point.
  — Lizette Ortega, Washington Post, 28 July 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024