DISTANCE in a Sentence
Learn DISTANCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
299 example sentences for DISTANCE, such as:
1. Friends agree best at a distance.
2. Mountains look beautiful from a distance.
3. Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
4. He looked ahead in the distance and saw a river.
5. The beach is within walking distance of my house.
2. Mountains look beautiful from a distance.
3. Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
4. He looked ahead in the distance and saw a river.
5. The beach is within walking distance of my house.
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Meanings and Examples of DISTANCE
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distance
v. go far ahead of
n. the property created by the space between two objects or points
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Ethan's long strides grew more rapid with the accelerated beat of his thoughts, and as he reached the foot of School House Hill he caught sight of Hale's sleigh in the distance.
2 He came up the hill at a gallop on his thick-barreled, long-legged hunter, appearing in the distance like a boy on a too large horse.
3 Standing some little distance away from the barbecue tables, he was at the peak of an argument with John Wilkes.
4 In spite of the distance, she could hear the hubbub of voices, questioning, calling, feel the fever- pitch tenseness of the men.
5 She listened hard and suddenly she wondered if it were only her imagination or if the sound of cannon in the distance had died away.
6 Pork slipped from the room as she remained staring moodily into the distance.
7 Uncle Peter's voice came as from a far distance, plaintive, placating.
8 If he burned for Scarlett until the end of his days, he would never take her and he would fight to keep her at a distance.
9 Behind them, at a respectful distance, followed a large straggling crowd of neighbors and friends, shabbily dressed, silent.
10 Seen from a distance, romping about the back yard with her child, she looked like a little girl, for her waist was unbelievably tiny and she had practically no figure.
11 Mammy gave a little shriek and retreated and from a distance of a yard, modestly elevated her dress a few inches and showed the ruffle of a red taffeta petticoat.
12 She moved away, as though to put as much distance as possible between herself and her visitor.
13 Lily stood motionless, keeping between herself and the char-woman the greatest distance compatible with the need of speaking in low tones.
14 But she had regained her presence of mind, and stood composedly in the middle of the room, while her slight smile seemed to put an ever increasing distance between herself and Trenor.
15 The words beat on Gerty's brain like the sound of a language which has seemed familiar at a distance, but on approaching is found to be unintelligible.
Example Sentence: (89 in 6 pages)
1 Friends agree best at a distance.
2 Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
3 African runners swept the medals in the distance events.
4 When you really love someone, age, distance, height and weight are just numbers.
5 He looked ahead in the distance and saw a river.
6 I wouldn't care success oilure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as I have been destined to the distance.
7 Although the distance between will space out us,may we remember our true friendship and blessing.
8 Mountains look beautiful from a distance.
9 I wouldn't care success or failure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as I have been destined to the distance.
10 I love and am used to keeping a distance with those changed things.
11 What she needed was a weapon of some sort, something that would keep him at a distance should the need arise.
12 The beach is within walking distance of my house.
13 She wanted to put as much distance as was humanly possible between herself and Adrian.
14 Look beyond the hill and you'll see a village in the distance.
15 In the distance, beyond the river, was a small town.