How to use "distance" in a sentence

He could see four figures in the distance on the far side of the bridge.

There was no way forward, but as he was turning back, he saw movements in the distance and the flash of moonlight on metal

In the distance, a group of men formed a circle around the torchlight

Do I hear voices in the fog behind me? I try to turn to look, but the fog behind me is too thick, and I only see the occasional light in the distance.

They are all focused on the road, and in the distance I can hear the music and the commentator, and I know that the race is starting soon.

I almost do not recognise the two men beside me, and I think that from a distance people cannot see that I am a woman.

In the distance I hear the sound of a gun, and the crowd outside cheers.

He sees two policemen in the distance and he moves the other way

The Statue of Liberty is still visible in the distance, but they will soon be alone on the dark ocean.

In the distance he can hear the siren of a gardai car in the city centre, but he is sure it is not for him

It is like constant thunder in the distance

The sound of the sirens was still in the distance, and Brandon thought that maybe they were still okay and that maybe they could leave; maybe they could escape together

In the distance the church towers, cathedral and university buildings of the city of Oxford are all visible

Gran looked out at the view of towering blocks, stretching into the distance

Gran stared into the distance for a moment, deep in thought

Sala had seen it before, of course, from a distance - but she'd never been so close to it.

In another direction, the ocean stretched out into the distance

She wondered about the land in the distance

The woman left the energy center and Sala followed, keeping a safe distance

In the distance, beyond a line of rocks to the right of the beach, I heard a sharp bark.

I heard thunder in the distance

There was a long-distance call for her at six

Time should have put even more distance between her and the anguish, but instead the passing days were bringing her around full circle in her grief

They didn't hike all the way into the true wilderness, just a reasonable distance off the beaten path, and they planned for every contingency

No, it can't be done long-distance

The hacker geeks in computer operations can probably access all the rental agencies' data files long distance."

Two sporting-goods stores and two gun shops were within easy walking distance of the hotel

We turned and walked this way, but after a short distance, there were no more broken bushes

The planet Mars, I need not remind the reader, goes around the sun at an average distance of 224,000,000 kilometres, and receives from the sun half of the light and heat that is received by this world

And looking across space, with instruments and minds more powerful than we can dream of, they see, at a distance of only 56,000,000 kilometres, a morning star of hope - our own warmer planet with its green land and grey seas, its cloudy atmosphere and its growing population.

Because it was so small, I did not see the Thing they were sending us, which was flying quickly towards me across that great distance

If, on that Friday night, you had drawn a circle at a distance of five kilometres from Horsell Common, I doubt if there would have been one human being outside it, unless it was a relation of Stent, whose emotions or habits were affected by the new arrivals

I stopped in the doorway, at a safe distance from it.

Some distance behind them was a man on an old-fashioned bicycle

They aimed their guns well and fired at a distance of about one kilometer.

The man who had run away had now stopped and turned and was following my brother at a greater distance.

The little ship my brother was on continued to move out to sea, and the warships became smaller in the distance.

For the first time I began to think that there was some distance between his dreams and his powers, because I could dig a hole like this in a day

I thought about the distance to the drain and the chances of missing it completely

'Each time I saw it,' he replied, 'I saw it from a distance, so I am not sure.'

Far in the distance, we saw a small fishing boat

There was a new inscription written on it: 'Here lies Laura, Lady Glyde...' In the near distance I saw two women with veils over their faces