Synonyms for hailing distance


Grammar : Noun


Définition of hailing distance

  • As in shouting distance : noun short distance
Example sentences :
  • Leaping to my saddle, I galloped across the spongy marsh to hailing distance.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of the Goldseekers » by Hamlin Garland
  • They passed to leeward of us, and out of hailing distance; but the captain could read the names on their sterns with the glass.
  • Extract from : « Sea Stories » by Various
  • I was out of hailing distance of the unhappy skipper when he reached the point, though I could still see his violent gestures.
  • Extract from : « Desk and Debit » by Oliver Optic
  • When I signed the party to hold off at hailing distance, the foremost warrior signed back that they were friends.
  • Extract from : « A Volunteer with Pike » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Phil in gloves was a different Phil, a remote being quite out of hailing distance.
  • Extract from : « Otherwise Phyllis » by Meredith Nicholson
  • The days pass, and the world, which seemed in hailing distance to you at first, has receded to dim remoteness.
  • Extract from : « The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky » by James Lane Allen
  • When they were still too far for hailing distance George raised his hat and waved it.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands » by Roger Thompson Finlay
  • The sails of the Caroline filled at the first puff of wind, and she kept at hailing distance with the Lively Bee.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the "Lively Bee" » by John De Morgan
  • Meanwhile the brig, being buoyant, was settling rapidly to leeward, and soon drifted out of hailing distance.
  • Extract from : « Dick Leslie's Luck » by Harry Collingwood
  • If they are afraid to let the boys come nearer than hailing distance, what'll be done when the mob get here?
  • Extract from : « Down the Slope » by James Otis

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