How to Use few and far between in a Sentence

few and far between

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• Things that made your red-eyed soul sing and howl are few and far between.
  — New Atlas, 6 July 2026
• Due to funding issues, though, the project's updates may be few and far between.
  — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026
• Signs of the springy 6-foot-7 wing who wowed at Florida State were few and far between.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
• Despite the feeling of discouragement that can come with the rejections and even ghostings applicants face, these internships — though sometimes few and far between — still exist.
  — Cami Fateh, Vogue, 15 July 2026
• Acts of kindness are few and far between in the punishing Myanmar textile factory where young San Kyi (Nandar Myat Aung) makes a meager living, hunched over a sewing machine.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 July 2026
• Many of its most recognizable faces — Zendaya, Elliot Page, Lupita Nyong’o, Jon Bernthal, Travis Scott, and Charlize Theron, to name a few — are only in a handful of scenes each, and their moments of dialogue are few and far between.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026