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

Think about trying to get a close-up shot of your child playing soccer or capturing something interesting in the distance while on vacation. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

The approach, called magnetomicrometry, measures changes in the distance between magnetic beads implanted in muscles. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

The music resolves and smoke rolls into the gallery before the screen opens up and the real Endeavour gleams in the distance, spotlighted like a mirage in the dark. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

The only full frontal is when the fisherwoman (Colman) is looking at the nude wicker man off in the distance in the water. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for in the distance

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