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How to use far in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, adverb, verb

Far means distant; remote in space. Example: “He went to a far land.”

Examples of far by meaning

adjectiveDistant; remote in space.

  • He went to a far land.

adjectiveRemote in time.

  • the far far future

adjectiveLong.

  • I have such a long way to go but yet I have come such a far piece already2011, Peggy Woods, Ramblings from a Soul, page 42

adjectiveMore remote of two.

  • See those two mountains? The ogre lives on the far one.
  • He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.
  • At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

adjectiveExtreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.

  • They are on the far right on this issue.
  • He was withdrawn to such a far degree that it required of Piers and Jude a good deal of occasional conferencing between the two of them, in private.2010, William Alexander Patterson, 4th, The City Is served Bartholomew! to the American Prison!, page 118

adjectiveExtreme, as a difference in nature or quality.

  • Is there not a far difference between asking it up and urging it, Mr.1979, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations...
  • The pressbook identifies the film as a 'picturization of Jane Austen's widely read novel' and starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier (based on the theatrical adaptation by Helen Jerome), it is a far remove from adaptations that follow.2010, Deborah Cartmell, Screen Adaptations: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, page 78
  • This may not be at such a far remove from the endlessly recursive textual inventions of Kafka, Beckett, and Bernhard as it may seem.2014, Henry Sussman, Playful Intelligence: Digitizing Tradition, page 124

adjectiveOutside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

  • far heap; far memory; far pointer

adverbTo, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.

  • You have all come far and you will go further.
  • He built a time machine and travelled far into the future.
  • Over time, his views moved far away from mine.

More sentences with far

  • They are persons of ability, who will go far in life.From the entry ability
  • The few cheapest hotels I could find are the farthest too.From the entry few
  • I'm still much too young to drive, and my grandpa is already far too old.From the entry too
  • All this sun spoils me for vacations in the far North.From the entry for
  • It didn't seem like ten miles, but actually it was that far.From the entry that
  • Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.From the entry mine
  • By far the largest tides on Europa are those caused by the gravitational attraction of Jupiter.From the entry tide
  • That huge wood bed is too heavy for us to carry it that far.From the entry bed
  • I dedicate this award to my parents, without whose help I wouldn't have made it this far.From the entry whose
  • I entered the room, at the far end of which was a small table.From the entry which
  • The broadcaster axed the series because far fewer people than expected watched it.From the entry axe
  • I never thought he'd go so far as to call you.From the entry go
  • As far as burgers go, this is one of the best.From the entry go
  • He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.From the entry spend
  • The string of cars stretched as far as I could see.From the entry string
  • You'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east.From the entry wildcat
  • True, I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far.From the entry true
  • The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.From the entry state
  • In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.From the entry game
  • They use airplanes to deliver mail and supplies to the far northern villages.From the entry airplane
  • In his smart suit, Jacob was by far the most sartorial of our party.From the entry sartorial
  • The so-called junk DNA is known, so far, to provide no apparent benefit to its host.From the entry host
  • Some real breakthroughs were made at the summit, but only far from the official diplomatic table.From the entry table
  • The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.From the entry walk
  • Don’t expect a long walk. You can only go so far in that direction.From the entry so far

Meaning of far

  1. adjective Distant; remote in space.
  2. adjective Remote in time.
  3. adjective Long.

Full definition of far

Questions about far in a sentence

How do you use far in a sentence?
Far is used as an adjective, adverb and verb. For example: “He went to a far land.”
What is a short sentence with far?
“the far far future”
What does far mean?
Far means distant; remote in space.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: far (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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