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Then, with a simple scroll of the mouse, the camera zooms in on two men playing softball on a field hundreds of yards in the distance.
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In the opening scene, Jay is on set, wrapping up his latest movie, filming a death scene — the character has been gut-shot, but his loyal dog is there, and so, in the distance, is an oversize neon Pepsi-Cola sign.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
The Compound is understatedly funny and wickedly smart, an addictive slow-burn of a novel that is as pretty—and quietly dangerous—as the bushfires that glitter in the distance of the compound.
—Hannah Berman
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
In Kerala, two brooding boys lie in front of a placid, cerulean lake, with a snowcapped mountain range in the distance.
—M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In the opening scene, Jay is on set, wrapping up his latest movie, filming a death scene — the character has been gut-shot, but his loyal dog is there, and so, in the distance, is an oversize neon Pepsi-Cola sign.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
The Compound is understatedly funny and wickedly smart, an addictive slow-burn of a novel that is as pretty—and quietly dangerous—as the bushfires that glitter in the distance of the compound.
—Hannah Berman
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
In Kerala, two brooding boys lie in front of a placid, cerulean lake, with a snowcapped mountain range in the distance.
—M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
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 9 Sep. 2025.
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