How to Use far-fetched in a Sentence
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The West and Ukraine see Brazil’s plan as far-fetched given the state of the war.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
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The idea that the goon on the sidelines might be the movie’s stealth MVP starts to seem less and less far-fetched.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
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When it was discussed a decade ago, the plan seemed far-fetched.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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At the time, a 38-point, 13-assist stat line from Young seemed far-fetched.
—Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
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That dream of playing in the NBA wasn’t something that was far-fetched.
—Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
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Some fans will call for changes at the top after this loss, but that’s far-fetched.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
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For Heather, the idea of setting Haack up with someone for 2025 isn’t too far-fetched.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The idea isn’t that far-fetched for the longest-running panelist of the chatfest.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024
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Hopes that Putin might be deposed seem even more far-fetched.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
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The question, as Halpern demonstrates, isn’t far-fetched.
—Eve Bowen, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2023
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Yes, the premise is completely far-fetched, but who cares?
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
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But for those of us living in the post-Dobbs U.S., such practices might seem less far-fetched.
—Maggie Doherty, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
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At first, Taylor Swift struck me as a little far-fetched.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
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Richard would have to earn a medal — gold would be nice, if far-fetched — to accomplish his world takeover.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
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So while this is all far-fetched, that aspect has at least intrigued me.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
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Advertisement In 2023, the idea of an art park doesn’t seem so far-fetched.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
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The prospect of Chinese sabotage on U.S. soil should not seem far-fetched.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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From the Rockets’ perspective, such a move seems far-fetched.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Sadly, this makes The Martian the most far-fetched of Scott’s sci-fi films in today’s climate.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
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The two have become so close that handholding doesn’t seem so far-fetched.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 23 Dec. 2023
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Vizcaino will compete for the job, but listing him as the favorite is far-fetched.
—David Moore, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
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Tonally on the bubbly side — there’s no time for depression here — the plot is a tad far-fetched.
—Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 23 May 2024
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Like so much about the Rocky movies, this storyline is both more and less far-fetched than real life.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023
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And the idea of people giving birth to themselves, as happened at the end of Men, is equally far-fetched.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2024
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Wearable devices This idea seems a little far-fetched to me.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Legal observers have described Musk’s claims against the groups as far-fetched.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
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And as for criticisms that the projects might be too expensive or too far-fetched?
—Ayurella Horn-Muller Syris Valentine, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2024
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But a large-scale push to change the industry's business practices seems far-fetched.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
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Although at the moment, with the Rangers now alone in third place in the AL West, thinking of tiebreakers seems kind of far-fetched anyway.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
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If Trump’s pledge to end the war in a day was far-fetched, the hope to secure a full truce by Easter – this weekend – also looks likely to fail.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
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