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
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
At the top, the president has not, after two years, summoned the rhetorical force to explain to the American people, in a way that Franklin Roosevelt did, and that John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan would have, why this faraway war means so much for the American future.
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Make lemon bars in some faraway place from lemons foraged off the side of Mulholland.
—Lisa Donovan, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Mona’s remote beaches receive tribute from faraway waters, as if this might be the secret center of the world.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The more powerful, agile missile is designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region, specifically the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, home to U.S. military bases.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2024
Regulating what happened on a faraway Irish island—much less regulating what was supposedly happening in purgatory—posed a problem for the church.
—Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
In an era where most horror films were still set in creaky old houses and faraway castles, The Seventh Victim moves the action to New York City's Greenwich Village.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
If these chemicals are detected on a faraway planet, there is potential that life may exist on that world, marking it as a major target of interest for further research.
—Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024
While these preliminary findings are exciting, a lot more work needs to be done before this melting probe makes its debut on the surface of any faraway icy moon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2024
Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Make lemon bars in some faraway place from lemons foraged off the side of Mulholland.
—Lisa Donovan, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Mona’s remote beaches receive tribute from faraway waters, as if this might be the secret center of the world.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The more powerful, agile missile is designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region, specifically the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, home to U.S. military bases.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2024
Regulating what happened on a faraway Irish island—much less regulating what was supposedly happening in purgatory—posed a problem for the church.
—Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
In an era where most horror films were still set in creaky old houses and faraway castles, The Seventh Victim moves the action to New York City's Greenwich Village.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
If these chemicals are detected on a faraway planet, there is potential that life may exist on that world, marking it as a major target of interest for further research.
—Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024
While these preliminary findings are exciting, a lot more work needs to be done before this melting probe makes its debut on the surface of any faraway icy moon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 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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