FAR in a Sentence

Learn FAR from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
309 example sentences for FAR, such as:
1. Blue are the hills that are far away.
2. Better good neighbours near than relations far away.
3. The two men were far more alike than they would ever admit.
4. But Paradise Lost excited different and far deeper emotions.
5. The events in the newspaper article were far removed from reality.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of FAR
far
 ad.  to an advanced stage or point
 a.  beyond a norm in opinion or actions
Classic Sentence: (172 in 12 pages)
1  This book had a far different effect upon me from the Sorrows of Werter.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
2  But Paradise Lost excited different and far deeper emotions.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
3  Night was far advanced when I came to the halfway resting-place and seated myself beside the fountain.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
4  I thought of Switzerland; it was far different from this desolate and appalling landscape.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
5  I found that the wind was northeast and must have driven me far from the coast from which I had embarked.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
6  Among these there was one which attracted my mother far above all the rest.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
7  I had no conception that vessels ever came so far north and was astounded at the sight.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
8  Urged thus far, I had no choice but to adapt my nature to an element which I had willingly chosen.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
9  She was just eighteen, two years older than me, and by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
10  But the connection came through as a man's voice, very thin and far away.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  The discipline of the family in those days was of a far more rigid kind than now.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
12  And he himself in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
13  The shriek had perhaps sounded with a far greater power, to his own startled ears, than it actually possessed.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
14  But before Mr. Dimmesdale had done speaking, a light gleamed far and wide over all the muffled sky.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
15  Yet, had little Pearl never come to her from the spiritual world, it might have been far otherwise.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
Example Sentence: (137 in 10 pages)
1  So far, his administration has failed to reach out to hardline Republicans.
2  The two men were far more alike than they would ever admit.
3  I agree things look difficult, but the situation is far from irretrievable.
4  I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time.
5  He hopes to live in although his home is not far from the college.
6  Since our research so far has not produced any answers to this problem, we need to adopt a different approach to it.
7  The events in the newspaper article were far removed from reality.
8  Mental attitude plays a far more important role in a person's success or failure than mental capacity.
9  Children challenge their parents' authority far more nowadays than they did in the past.
10  The fireplace projects from the wall rather too far into the room, taking up a lot of space.
11  I've never played ice hockey - it's far too dangerous.
12  Better good neighbours near than relations far away.
13  He wouldn't last five minutes in the police force - it's far too tough for him.
14  Blue are the hills that are far away.
15  Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens.