To play great music, you must keep your eyes on a distant star. From LearnThat.org. [Yehudi Menuhin, American violinist, child prodigy, played with major orchestras around the world.]
A distant cousin. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
distant lands. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
distant events. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
distant villages. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
You know, they're trained not only in camps, but it appears to me that the tapes were used for what we call distant learning. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2002] Reference
The -- some of the distant relatives, what he calls distant relatives in Miami and their supporters, produced what they said was an affidavit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Dan Rather Discusses the News and How to Report It - April 19, 2000] Reference
Liffey, about a mile distant from the Danish wall of old. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1] Reference
Then the lid was back on, his expression distant and neutral. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
In contrast, the Thai are relatively distant from the Chinese. From Wordnik.com. [Discover Blogs] Reference
What I am describing here is not that distant from the notion of. From Wordnik.com. [Projection, Patriotism, Surrogation: Handel in Calcutta] Reference
We can also add that it's a distant relative of the Sanskrit word for. From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
"It is the good fortune of many to live distant from the scene of sorrow," wrote Paine. From Wordnik.com. [Arianna Huffington: Joe Klein and Diane Sawyer Tour the Real Reality: Are We on Our Way to a Media Tipping Point?] Reference
To the northeast, thirty miles distant, is the lovely village of Misantla, noted for its. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months in Mexico] Reference
Nearer and nearer they came, and now were not fifty paces distant from the English lines. From Wordnik.com. [French and English A Story of the Struggle in America] Reference
Further, O'Hara had a way with him, the very way that was feared by Gillet in distant Paris. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Bellew - The Taste of the Meat] Reference
Do we realize how far distant is his goal, or how many familiar landmarks he must leave behind?. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference
Sentiment he can regard me with — — And, oh! how distant is that from what I would inspire!. From Wordnik.com. [Idalia, or, The Unfortunate Mistress: A Novel] Reference
They were older and larger, with noses proudly disfigured from brawls of honor in distant ports. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert Redick] Reference
There was a large pond almost equally distant from the three Castles, but really Kuno's property. From Wordnik.com. [Hauff's Fairy Tales, Translated and Adapted] Reference
A noble mansion, with an extensive pleasure-ground, scarce four miles distant from the parsonage-house of. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
In this program, middle-school and high-school students in distant areas apply for a kind of work-study grant. From Wordnik.com. [How the West Was Wired] Reference
He urged mamma to come home, where he said she could be better taken care of than alone in distant Switzerland. From Wordnik.com. [Daisy in the Field] Reference
Bruttius Praesens (apud Euseb.iii. 18) banishes her to that of Pontia, which was not far distant from the other. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Simmons may not be removed from his passions, but he does appear remarkably distant from the sports establishment. From Wordnik.com. [The Enthusiast] Reference
By now he was somewhat distant from the gate when he came abreast of it, and Martin Pippin did not catch the word. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
Maestricht, and descended the river to Venloo, where he was but twelve miles distant from the German head-quarters. From Wordnik.com. [Caesar: a Sketch] Reference
France was invaded by Charles V., he inquired of a prisoner, how many days Paris might be distant from the frontier. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
If the R.A.P. is unduly distant from the front line, the return of the wounded is delayed by the length of the carry. From Wordnik.com. [War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps] Reference
Americans see that a new world is coming into being, but fear it is one being shaped in distant lands and by foreign people. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: 'The Post-American World'] Reference
But the pilots with whom we spoke came 415 times to drop theirs bombs on these people in this country so distant from the USA. From Wordnik.com. [Pilots in Pajamas - Part 2] Reference
The rest of the time she simply sat there, staring at her glass or raising it to her mouth, her expression distant and funereal. From Wordnik.com. [Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin]
He is calculating how much the Fostât gains in every quarter of an hour, and how many quarters we are yet distant from the goal. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile] Reference
For the ideal of a modern education was the priceless ware that my father brought back with him from his travels in distant parts. From Wordnik.com. [The Promised Land] Reference
Are they dispersed in distant and unlikely places, where one would not expect to find the heirs of glory, in the field, at the mill?. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Although Ingrid Hill sets much of Ursula, Under in distant historical times, she writes almost all of the novel in the present tense. From Wordnik.com. [Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill: Questions] Reference
Lower Galilee, lying in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun, and about equally distant from the Mediterranean Sea on the west and the. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The house we resided in was rather distant from the wells, and we found a ride through the long ill-paved town twice a-day disagreeable. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
The Crisis Caravan is a hard-boiled portrait of how good intentions can make things worse in distant, scary places we hope aid money will make nicer. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Christian Hall: 'The Crisis Caravan': Charity's Road to Hell?] Reference
His workers are physically distant from the distractions of Changsha — and that city itself is distant from the thriving metropolises of the coast. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Zhang Builds His Dream Town] Reference
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