\\\"distant villages\\\"
\\\"the sound of distant traffic\\\"
\\\"a distant sound\\\"
\\\"a distant telephone call\\\"

\\\"a distant cousin\\\"
\\\"a remote relative\\\"
\\\"a distant likeness\\\"
\\\"considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics\\\"

\\\"stood apart with aloof dignity\\\"
\\\"a distant smile\\\"
\\\"he was upstage with strangers\\\"

\\\"distant events\\\"
\\\"the remote past or future\\\"

\\\"distant lands\\\"
\\\"remote stars\\\"