The direction of movement became more accurate as the distance from the bait shortened.

That became clear when the distance between had shortened.

It was later restarted, with the distance shortened to 17 laps.

The distance between me and the chopper's windshield shortened very fast.

The race was later restarted, with the distance shortened to 17 laps from the original 26.

But the distance between Alex and his goal was shortening.

Without the help of gravity, he could never have made it, but the distance shortened.

The Danes closed and returned fire when the distance had much shortened.

It's not the end of political conflict, but the distance from left to right has shortened dramatically.

The bullets had little effect at first, but as the distance shortened men started falling.