far cry
Example Sentences
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While a far cry from 30 in a single town, there are still some dense clusters of breweries in the UK.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
It’s not a far cry from the real-life environment in fast fashion factories.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
Tesla has expanded paid rides to Dallas and Houston, but it’s still a far cry from CEO Elon Musk’s near-term goal of operating in dozens of cities, covering half the U.S. population.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
At a ceremony in Port Sudan in January, officials displayed some 570 recovered antiquities—a far cry from the more than 8,000 stolen since the outbreak of the conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
It was a far cry from what I used to eat in Cuba, but like lots of things in America, I had grown used to it and now actually liked it.
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
