1 Ethan's long strides grew more rapid with the accelerated beat of his thoughts, and as he reached the foot of School House Hill he caught sight of Hale's sleigh in the distance.
2 He came up the hill at a gallop on his thick-barreled, long-legged hunter, appearing in the distance like a boy on a too large horse.
3 Standing some little distance away from the barbecue tables, he was at the peak of an argument with John Wilkes.
4 In spite of the distance, she could hear the hubbub of voices, questioning, calling, feel the fever- pitch tenseness of the men.
5 She listened hard and suddenly she wondered if it were only her imagination or if the sound of cannon in the distance had died away.
6 Pork slipped from the room as she remained staring moodily into the distance.
7 Uncle Peter's voice came as from a far distance, plaintive, placating.
8 If he burned for Scarlett until the end of his days, he would never take her and he would fight to keep her at a distance.
9 Behind them, at a respectful distance, followed a large straggling crowd of neighbors and friends, shabbily dressed, silent.
10 Seen from a distance, romping about the back yard with her child, she looked like a little girl, for her waist was unbelievably tiny and she had practically no figure.
11 Mammy gave a little shriek and retreated and from a distance of a yard, modestly elevated her dress a few inches and showed the ruffle of a red taffeta petticoat.
12 She moved away, as though to put as much distance as possible between herself and her visitor.
13 Lily stood motionless, keeping between herself and the char-woman the greatest distance compatible with the need of speaking in low tones.
14 But she had regained her presence of mind, and stood composedly in the middle of the room, while her slight smile seemed to put an ever increasing distance between herself and Trenor.
15 The words beat on Gerty's brain like the sound of a language which has seemed familiar at a distance, but on approaching is found to be unintelligible.