in the distance

Definitions

far away; a long distance away

not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“While Hefzur was adjusting, conditions for the Rohingya in Myanmar, where his family was still living, were deteriorating. His parents described villages burning in the distance. They had to go, they informed him.”

“After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see⟳ what was coming.”

“It was, by my watch⟳, nearly an hour and a half from the time of our leaving the station before I heard the sound⟳ of the sea in the distance”

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