He had come to like Shakuntala, in a distant sort of way.
We were quite friendly, but in a distant sort of way.
But he also suspected the two feelings were related, in a distant sort of way.
A King was a distant sort of being, bright and mysterious, like the sun.
He was handsome in an austere and distant sort of way.
Sara smiled at him in a strange, distant sort of way.
Mary was a distant sort of creature, or she could be.
He'd considered capture in a distant sort of way.
He looked quite distinguished in a distant, aloof sort of way.
I'd gone to school with Carl, and we were friends, in a strange, distant sort of way.