in the distance

phrase

: far away

He saw a light in the distance.

Examples of in the distance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

City lights streak by as stars twinkle in the distance in this image captured from aboard the International Space Station (ISS). — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026

An elevated subway train rumbled by in the distance, just past the outfield, a reminder of the city beyond. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Peek through the bushes and the stadium is visible in the distance. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

There is no noise of a breaking string echoing in the distance — the stage direction that pushed Chekhov’s final dramatic landscape toward Beckettian absurdism before Beckett was born. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for in the distance

• coexistence
• nonexistence
• assistance
• consistence
• desistance
• existence
• insistence
• persistence
• resistance
• subsistence
• magnetoresistance