faraway
adjective
far·away
ˈfär-ə-ˌwā 
1
: lying at a great distance : remote
faraway lands
2
: dreamy, abstracted
a faraway look in her eyes
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Examples of faraway in a Sentence
My grandfather told us tales of faraway lands.
growing up in a seaport instilled in the youth a restless desire to travel to faraway places
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The country felt like this faraway land where many Americans fought and died.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
Instead of inviting players to explore faraway fantasy lands or fight in imagined battlefields, the world of The Sims hews closer to reality.
—Chloe Meister, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
This means that creatures in faraway galaxies will have their own distinct spherical event horizons, which surround them instead of us.
—Edgar Shaghoulian, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
The 687-seat amphitheater on Manhattan’s Little Island was sold out for the listening party, and some fans brought picnic blankets to lay out on the grass or flocked to the nearby rooftop park at Pier 57 to catch a faraway glimpse of Glover.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 July 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
Instead of inviting players to explore faraway fantasy lands or fight in imagined battlefields, the world of The Sims hews closer to reality.
—Chloe Meister, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
This means that creatures in faraway galaxies will have their own distinct spherical event horizons, which surround them instead of us.
—Edgar Shaghoulian, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
The 687-seat amphitheater on Manhattan’s Little Island was sold out for the listening party, and some fans brought picnic blankets to lay out on the grass or flocked to the nearby rooftop park at Pier 57 to catch a faraway glimpse of Glover.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 July 2024
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faraway
adjective
far·away
ˌfär-ə-ˌwā
1
: remote entry 1 sense 1, distant
faraway lands
2
: preoccupied sense 1, dreamy
a faraway look
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