All around the meadow, but holding their distance, people of several races waited, curious to see what might happen next.

And then, when she was broadside-on, she seemed to hold her distance.

Moreover, when Karl danced with her, he held his distance, as if she would burn him or something.

He kept watch as she drove, but the Cammos were holding their distance.

He watched me order, but held his distance.

She slithered back ten paces in the first three seconds, to hold her distance and take advantage of the staff's long reach.

The best we can do now is maintain thrust against the pull to hold our distance.

He held his distance from political clubs and even factions, but nonetheless defended the new institutions of the state.

Even better, with the throttle to the wall, he was holding his distance.

"Because of what she did, don't you know," he said, when I went aside to ask why he was holding his distance from the group.