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Example sentences for "little distance from the"

  • It is a sort of irregular sac, with a central mouth on the upper surface, and another orifice situated at a little distance from the mouth, and evidently intended as an outlet for the products of digestion.

  • The cowries are found at a little distance from the shore, generally in clefts of the rocky bottoms; but sometimes they bury themselves in the sand.

  • Solid black indicates continents and islands; waving lines, surrounding both continents at a short distance from the shore, indicate the sands which surround the coast line at a little distance from the shore.

  • Neeshneparkeeook overtook us and after riding with us a few miles turned off to the wright to visit some lodges of his people who he informed me were geathering roots in the plain at a little distance from the road.

  • Shoto and that his nation resided a little distance from the river.

  • Neeshneparkeeook over took us and after rideing with us a fiew miles turned off to the right to visit some lodges of his people who he informed us were gathering roots in the plains at a little distance from the road.

  • This village is situated but a little distance from the river, probably fifty rods.

  • They then mostly left and resumed their trading a little distance from the camp.

  • Presidents Young and Kimball have had their wagons moved a little distance from the camp to the other side the creek.

  • But, after several of these alternations of rustling and deep silence, a human head appears in the midst of the jungle, a little distance from the trunk of the dead tree.

  • Suddenly, seeing the faithful animal start aside with a bound, he raised his eyes, and perceived the dog frisking about the hunchback and Agricola, who had just met at a little distance from the convent-gate.

  • He would not alight at the great square from whence he had set out, nor in the palace, but directed his course towards a pleasure-house at a little distance from the capital.

  • He climbed up a large, thick tree, whose branches, at a little distance from the ground, were so close to one another that there was but little space between them.

  • At a little distance from the walls of the churchyard the path lay near the edge of a pit, from which the peasants dug up gravel for the repairs that were annually made in the high road.

  • Poul, pointing with his staff towards two dark specks which were to be seen tossing on the waves at a little distance from the corvette.

  • Ebbe, as, tired and gasping for breath, he threw himself down on a heap of gravel at a little distance from the wall of the churchyard.

  • One of the men out hunting at a little distance from the camp, came upon a large black bear, which had climbed a high tree, and was feeding upon the luscious grapes.

  • The village of the chief was at a little distance from the banks of the lake.

  • Upon one occasion, however, a few men were at work at a little distance from the encampment, when they saw a large band of savages approaching.

  • And after a while, growing suspicious, she blew out the light and stepped softly outside, to see him, at a little distance from the house, talking with Singleton.

  • This gentleman lived in a strong stone house at a little distance from the town.

  • The city which Morgan sacked was built upon a strip of level ground planted with fruit-trees, at a little distance from the sea, but within a few yards of the bay.

  • He put spurs to his horse, and galloped off down the road, partly to escape the danger, but partly also to warn the treasure train, the bells of which were now clanging loudly at a little distance from the ambuscade.

  • As soon as they landed, M'Leay and I retired to a little distance from the bank, and sat down; that being the usual way among the natives of the interior, to invite to an interview.

  • I therefore, ran the boat ashore, and landed with M'Leay amidst the smaller party of natives, wholly unarmed, and having directed the men to keep at a little distance from the bank.

  • Such was the theory advanced by Copernicus: The earth moves in an epicycle, on a deferent whose centre is a little distance from the sun.

  • The former, which need to be of a certain strength, carry goods directly on board the shkooutes in the offing, whereas the latter stop a little distance from the mouth of the river.

  • The house of that officer (a very agreeable young Russian who spoke Kalmuck like a native) was situated at a little distance from the Kouma in a magnificent meadow.

  • Two large fires burned at a little distance from the tents, and round them sat about fifty persons of the most frightful appearance.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little distance from the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    little brook; little chopped; little creek; little darling; little doubt; little drop; little feet; little fellow; little further; little lady; little like; little missie; little monkey; little nervous; little noise; little proud; little reason; little remarkable; little sadly; little sleep; little snow; little stock; little thing; little time; seven children; three quarters