Example Sentences

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Still, the movie seems to sympathize with many Americans’ misplaced faith in the remoteness of nuclear war.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

But physically getting to a specialist or a well-equipped clinic can be difficult for many patients, thanks to its size, its formidable geography of ice, fjords and mountains and the remoteness of small settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

It says: "Its siting demonstrates a deliberate attempt to establish an intimate bond between natural beauty and remoteness on the one hand and human spiritual commitment on the other."

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

Dr. MacKinnon: “You don’t think she saw your remoteness as a defense? When she uses remoteness herself as a defense. Didn’t you just tell me? She never looks back?”

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

The offspring of their union had been Mordred, aim had been brought up alone with his mother, in the barbarous remoteness of the outer Isles.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White