- a distant cousin.
- a distant likeness.
- a distant smile.
- a distant sound.
- a distant telephone call.
- a remote relative.
- considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics.
- distant events.
- distant lands.
- distant villages.
- he was upstage with strangers.
- remote stars.
- stood apart with aloof dignity.
- the remote past or future.
- the sound of distant traffic.