The old wordsmith smiled distantly, his eyes half closed.

Only then did she notice the man standing apart, smiling distantly, watching this homey scene.

Hunt was smiling distantly too as he thought about it.

Corrigan smiled distantly to himself and left it at that.

But he had just shaken his head and smiled distantly when she asked what those beliefs were.

The colonel sat down again and smiled distantly in lavish contemplation.

Robert smiled distantly at her from his front-row seat, and she did not have the courage to take him to task.

She smiled distantly as if she had a secret.

Instead, I smiled distantly and veered around the figure-which was female, anyway.

Silent for a moment, she smiled distantly, then went on.