in the distance
We saw the tower in the distance.
Pude ver su figura a lo lejos.
I could see his figure in the distance.
El pálido resplandor plateado a lo lejos debía de ser la luz de la luna.
The pale silver glow in the distance must have been the moonlight.
We saw a mountain in the distance.
I saw a house in the distance.
Puedo ver un barco a lo lejos.
I can see a ship in the distance.
Pueden ver a lo lejos las ruinas de la antigüedad.
They can see the ruins of antiquity in the distance.
In the distance we saw some houses.
Vista a lo lejos, ella parecía una mujer de unos cincuenta.
Seen from a distance, she looked like a woman in her fifties.
Si miras a lo lejos, verás cadáveres por todas partes.
If you look into the distance, you will see corpses everywhere.
— Rashomon (1950)