in the distance

idiom

: far away
He saw a light in the distance.

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Then, a sound in the distance struck terror in Morgan all over again. Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024 The water off the coast of Point Vicente quivered in the distance with little leaping bits of life. Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024 As sirens sound in the distance, several individuals ascend a taller ladder to scale the second border wall. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024 On the drive home through the dark that night, Eliza saw in her mind’s eye thick rows of tulips in color blocks stretching to the horizon, like a modern painting, a bony figure on a bicycle cutting through them, a windmill in the distance. Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the distance 

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“In the distance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20distance. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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