She turned to find him looking past her at the house, a distant smile on his face.

A curious, rather distant smile, as if she was thinking of something far away.

With a distant smile, he watched as she rose and began dressing.

He smiled in return: an arrogant, distant smile she had not seen before.

The man got up and gave him a distant but not unkind smile.

She looked at me with that distant smile I found so attractive when we first met.

He gave her a distant smile as if thinking of something else.

That was probably worth a little story, he thought with a distant smile.

She gave him a distant smile and moved past him.

He returned each greeting with a raised hand and distant smile.