afar

Example Sentences

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Spitballing from afar, the Un Certain Regard title that’s seized my attention is Zachary Wigon’s “Victorian Psycho,” a gothic horror film starring Maika Monroe and Thomasin McKenzie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Would he want to risk that crashing down as he observes events at Chelsea from afar?

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Nestling into a corner booth with the trio felt like sitting with the cool kids you’d only ever watched from afar.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

In the Pacific, U.S. mobile missiles deployed to islands in places like the Philippines could strike enemy ships from afar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

‘Rohan? Rohan did you say? That is a glad word. We seek that land in haste from long afar.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien