FAR in a Sentence

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For FAR, below is one of 309 sentences:
To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation.

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 Meanings and Examples of FAR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
far
 ad.  to an advanced stage or point
 a.  beyond a norm in opinion or action
Classic Sentence: (172 in 12 pages)
1  This book had a far different effect upon me from the Sorrows of Werter.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
2  But Paradise Lost excited different and far deeper emotions.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
3  Night was far advanced when I came to the halfway resting-place and seated myself beside the fountain.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
4  I thought of Switzerland; it was far different from this desolate and appalling landscape.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
5  I found that the wind was northeast and must have driven me far from the coast from which I had embarked.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
6  Among these there was one which attracted my mother far above all the rest.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
7  I had no conception that vessels ever came so far north and was astounded at the sight.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
8  Urged thus far, I had no choice but to adapt my nature to an element which I had willingly chosen.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
9  She was just eighteen, two years older than me, and by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
10  But the connection came through as a man's voice, very thin and far away.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  The discipline of the family in those days was of a far more rigid kind than now.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
12  And he himself in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
13  The shriek had perhaps sounded with a far greater power, to his own startled ears, than it actually possessed.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
14  But before Mr. Dimmesdale had done speaking, a light gleamed far and wide over all the muffled sky.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
15  Yet, had little Pearl never come to her from the spiritual world, it might have been far otherwise.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
Example Sentence: (137 in 10 pages)
16  No matter how far away forever, I will protect you everything.
17  His voice sounded faint and far away.
18  The travel bureau is not so far from here.
19  The apple never falls far from the tree.
20  The fruit does not fall far from the tree.
21  To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation.
22  Turn left at the corner and keep on as far as the church.
23  He went forth upon a journey to far land.
24  I'd far rather/sooner go to the theatre than watch a video.
25  Clare and David Astor are sketching a view of far Spanish hills.
26  So far, there has been very little violence on the picket line.
27  He volleyed the ball spectacularly into the far corner of the net.
28  In Western countries girls are far less likely to offend than boys.
29  It emerged that her past behavior was far from irreproachable.
30  I have only ever seen as far as the next valley, and have no idea what lies beyond.