VERBS
- be, sound
- become, grow
- The sound of the engine was growing more and more distant
ADV
- far (literary) , very
- in far distant lands
- increasingly
- unimaginably
- It was only a few miles away but it seemed unimaginably distant
- geographically
- geographically distant areas of the world
PREP
- from
- The stars are more distant from the earth than the sun
ADV
- very
- increasingly
- fairly, not too
- in the not too distant future
PHRASES
- the dim and distant past
- stories from the dim and distant past
VERBS
- be, seem
- become
- remain
- find sb
ADV
- very
- rather, slightly
- strangely
- Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal
