How to Use from afar in a Sentence

from afar

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• Camp under the stars in this Sahara-like setting, or explore the surrounding meadows and view the dunes from afar.
  — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
• During the Knicks’ victory parade, the undulating downtown crowd looked, from afar, not unlike a school of tropical clown fish.
  — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
• George Washington, this nation’s first general, its inaugural president, the eponym of its capital city, left one of his most indelible marks on America from afar.
  — Lonnie G. Bunch Iii, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
• For much of the estate's life, it was managed from afar, as a line of family members needed to be in Paris for their political careers, since making wine, even from the most prestigious vineyards, wasn’t a viable business.
  — Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Gawking from afar at Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Barbra Streisand, or a Kardashian is novel for a moment, but the real action is in the mingling — down at the front tables, outside on the balcony, in the back.
  — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026