from a distance
at a distance

I saw them clearly from a great distance, both coming and going.

You were right, I did need to go away and look at everything from a distance.

But watch them from a distance and you saw their true nature.

Her voice seemed to come from a long distance away.

I think they might have seen me, at least from a distance.

I once saw one from a distance with his wife.

I heard my name called, as though from a great distance.

My own voice seemed to come from a great distance away.

She must have had her heart set on a call from a distance.

His voice seemed to be coming from a great distance.