Distant
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation as if a distant memory, of falling from a height.
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In the also-defunct Twister...Ride it Out, the setting of the main show, with the exception of a few faint noises in the distant, is eerily silent...that is until the tornado comes in.
Source: It's Quiet... Too Quiet -
For decades, scientists were unsure whether these strange objects moving away from us were nearby and fairly faint, or as distant as the Hubble Law suggests and therefore brighter than anything else that we have ever experienced.
Source: Depth Deception
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Faint and Distant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/distant/faint
Distant & Faint. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/distant/faint>.
Faint or Distant. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/distant/faint.
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