How to Use some distance in a Sentence

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• Firefighters often set up layers of defense called contingency lines some distance from the fire’s perimeter.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
• The crows could make this out from quite some distance.
  — Susanna Forrest, Longreads, 23 Mar. 2023
• Take this as a signal to get some distance and walk away.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 27 June 2023
• Wall made his free throw to complete the three-point play, adding some distance for a 35-29 lead.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
• Once out, Chapman placed some distance between him and the teens and shots were fired.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2023
• Hearing the call, the man threw Holmes’ phone some distance into the snow and took off running.
  — David Hulen, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
• As the voice of Audrey II, Ruffin stands with a band, high above the stage and some distance from the audience.
  — Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
• Instead, the doc circles the topic of his weight and his desire to be loved with some distance.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
• Give some distance to trucks salting and brining streets to ensure the products hits the street and not your car.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• Give some distance to trucks salting and brining streets to ensure the products hits the street and not your car.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
• The key to these methods is using a standard spray bottle to give you some distance from the nest.
  — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 22 July 2023
• Jaylen Brown scored 16 of his 26 points in the third quarter, maintaining some distance between the Celtics and Bucks.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 12 May 2022
• With some distance from the incident, the actress is looking back on it through a comedic lens.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024
• Off camera, the ambulance stops some distance down the street.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2024
• On the north end of Main Street several families set up in Arnold Park to get some distance from the hordes.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
• But Wolverines were able to put some distance between the two teams on the scoreboard in the final two quarters to win 53-42.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2023
• Even though these two forces pull on Batman over some distance, neither one does any work on the system.
  — Wired, 24 July 2022
• Five bodies were found there, and a sixth victim was found some distance away, Warrick said.
  — Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024
• But that space was cramped, and not conducive to a moment when people want some distance from each other.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 May 2022
• They can be seen for some distance through the clear Antarctic ice and can be picked up by IceCube's detectors.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2022
• Los Altos had elected not to have its first baseman charging, so Cash had some distance to go to pick it up.
  — Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
• With a slow, wide zoom like this, the best way to get bokeh is to focus on something close and ensure there's some distance between the subject and background.
  — PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
• That’s by some distance the biggest tour of his career, and behind only Bad Bunny among Latin artists.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2023
• The sound of the engine idling is enough to terminate all conversation for some distance.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2023
• Gutierrez is seen some distance off in the parking lot walking toward the officers, a backpack in hand, the footage shows.
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
• The third section gives a whole new perspective on the Bevel story, from a writer with some distance, while the fourth is a whole other thing.
  — ELLE, 23 Dec. 2022
• Brosso was decapitated on the eve of her 22nd birthday, her body found the next day and her head some distance away 11 days later.
  — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
• Those who want to be at the zoo but prefer some distance from the animals can stay in rooms with bushland or Sydney Harbor views.
  — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 8 Apr. 2024
• To access it, the birds would have to carry the tools some distance—either by flying up or climbing a ladder—to earn their reward.
  — Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 10 Feb. 2023
• In each case, Wild's measurements fell some distance from the closest wall, in a spot where the ice base was horizontal and so maybe not melting much.
  — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024