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
Frowning into the Christian Church they strode, Full-armed, and each, with far-stretched foot firm set Watching the Christian rite.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
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
Probably, however, the consideration that weighs most with the astronomer is that the condensation of such a loose, far-stretched expanse of matter affords an admirable explanation of the enormous heat of the stars.
From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph
