439 Verbs to Use for the Word distance

I measured the distance the next day, and found it to be twenty-seven feet five inches; and afterwards frequently saw the school-boys, when engaged in athletic exercises, make running leaps of between thirty and forty feet, backwards and forwards.

When he had gone a safe distance an intense curiosity made him halt and turn.

He walked some distance without meeting with any of the places of interest of which he had heard so much.

In an instant, it had covered half the distance that lay between.

I traveled through the darkness a distance of about thirty-five miles, and at daylight I rode into a secluded spot at the head of a ravine where stood a bunch of ash trees, and there I concluded to remain till night; for I considered it a dangerous undertaking to cross the wide prairies in broad daylightespecially as my horse was a poor one.

" He opened up the engine and the hydroplane ran some distance from the position of the men below.

What keeps a subtle distance between them, which they never cross?

From what is said here, it is evident that our satellite had greatly increased its distance from the earth.

Uniting their voices, the three midshipmen yelled with all their power, even though they knew that their desperate call for help could not carry the distance over the subsiding gale.

After riding some distance down the ravine that led to the river, I left my horse at the foot of a hill; then, creeping to the top, I looked cautiously over the summit upon the Solomon, below.

Toward noon it cleared up slightly and although the ground was a little soft it was decided to play, in view of the fact that so many spectators had come a long distance to witness the contest.

These moraines are about 300 feet high, and extend unbrokenly from the sides of the cañon into the plain, a distance of about five miles, curving and tapering in beautiful lines.

she cried, as they came within hailing distance.

When within hearing distance I yelled out at the top of my voice, and was answered by one of the pickets.

It stood some distance from the collection of shacks and cabins at the mouth of the Coho River, and it overlooked some of the most glorious scenery in the world.

His mistake in this instance saved his life, for springing too far, he came down not in reaching distance of Lefty's throat, but with his chest on the knees of the older tramp.

After the boat had proceeded some little distance, I made the acquaintance of several families from Indiana, who were en route to Kansas.

"It takes us some distance.

We were not long in traversing the short distance which led us to the tree at the foot of which the officer came to his death; it can well be understood that we did not linger many seconds in that gruesome locality.

Capt. Moore estimates the distance from tide water to the summit at about 18 miles, and from the summit to the lake at about 22 to 23 miles.

We drove long distances from the Prince's headquarters and once passed through a famous town which sees the German conquerors for a second time.

Besides, the cavalry did not dare to ride through the smoke and flames; and thus the Bellovaci were able to pass over a distance of ten miles and halt in a place strongly fortified by nature (Mont Ganelon), where they pitched their camp.

Amid all the privations and vicissitudes in their journey, they were cheered by the consciousness that each day lessened the distance between them and the land of promise, whose fertile soil was to recompense them for all their trials and hardships.

Westward it extends to the coast ranges of Washington, Oregon, and California, and follows the highlands some distance into Mexico."

We had accomplished perhaps half the distance, when I heard again the sound of falling stones on the other sidethe side from which we had just come.

439 Verbs to Use for the Word  distance