far-stretched

Example Sentences

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"It's far-stretched to say this is a rollback of reform," Pacheco said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2014

While you're wondering whether this all sounds like some kind of farfetched – make that far-stretched – intellectual exercise, here comes Nicolas Jaar.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2011

So many times every minute his left arm swept out into the sunlight as he flung it forward with far-stretched palm.

From The Gold Trail by Bindloss, Harold

With shop-board breeding and intrusion, By some outlandish institution, With Calvin's method and conclusion, To bring all things into confusion, And far-stretched sighs for mere illusion; 'Tis a new teacher, etc.

From Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Mackay, Charles

On the other hand, idle, far-stretched gossip was rife and was even growing in extravagance as the evening wore on.

From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness