Far Off

I never heard her voice raised except to call a far-off child or a wandering dog; and even in a packed house with fifteen mouths to feed and six or eight to bed down that night, she never showed a trace of reluctance. ❋ REYNOLDS PRICE (1988)

Now I sat through mortar hour, where tensions ran high until that far-off explosion followed by silence signified that another day had passed. ❋ Daniel Dowd (2011)

The Japanese, for example, might decide that they'd like to preserve their relatively new ISS module; when they explain this to NASA and the US State Department, should we really hear far-off cries of Tora Tora Tora! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The production is aided by Jon Gaw's unusually functional and evocative set that situates the characters in what amounts to the base of a isosceles triangle whose tip extends indefinitely into a far-off vanishing point, suggesting both a going-nowhere claustrophobia as well as the prospect of infinite hope. ❋ James Scarborough (2011)

But it still keeps ring and measure to the far-off coming bliss. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The far-off explosions gently shaking the building, reminding me that people might be dying while I was safe in bed. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

At the same time, I am still a practicing lawyer (managing Truth to Power may eventually make me a millionaire, but that day is far-off) and I have to deal on a daily basis with many of the lawyers, and even a number of the judges, who appear on my blog. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Sometimes we see him with sadness and a far-off stare," said his daughter, Margaret Prieto. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And so it is with much that I narrate of the events of that far-off time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But today, they can tap into a swelling portfolio of business applications residing in far-off computer servers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While Bengler masturbates in the shade of a tree one afternoon, a butterfly lands on his hand, and he has a revelation: He'll journey to some far-off country and find an insect unknown to science. ❋ David Anthony Durham (2011)

The picture, like all of youth's impressions, was still strong with him, and his dim eyes watched the end played out as vividly as in that far-off time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I let my gaze go slightly fuzzy, the blue of my eyes fading into the glass of the mirror, the pale, freckled face curving away into some far-off piece of my past. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)