Remoter
[ri'məutə]
Examples
- Archeologists have deprived the Greeks of this gift, and carried back its origin to remoter ages and localities. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- An old man came into the remoter light of the fire from the direction of the homestead. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If not remote enough, I can go remoter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To the east, in Mesopotamia, the British, using Indian troops chiefly, made a still remoter flank attack upon the Central Powers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is true something is known of remoter times. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Roumania and Italy, both Latin in tradition, both nominally allies of Germany, pursued remoter and deeper schemes in common. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yet in her remoter soul, she knew as well as the adults knew: perhaps better. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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