“In effect, the wormhole connects two distant points in space to form a shortcut.”

“One woman lived in a distant village, and she and her son often dropped in on us on the way to the market.”

“These men are cultured and intelligent, their minds deepened by suffering and reflection, detached from things and almost from life, as distant from the rest of the human species as if they already belonged to posterity.”

“There is considerable evidence that present-day organisms have developed from different organisms in the distant past.”

“Even though Earth and Mars are two very distant worlds, Earthlings are doing some incredible stuff on the neighboring planet.”

“Normality itself seems but a distant memory as the monster learns to speak our language.”

“The steep roof and sloping dormer show its distant link with vernacular buildings in Europe.”

“If he was so close and warm at the beginning, and now he's distant and cold, there must be a reason.”

“I don't like the way her mouth is hanging open, or the distant look in her eyes.”