How to Use afield in a Sentence

afield

adverb or adjective
  • He’s gone as far afield as the post-hardcore band Pierce the Veil.
    Morgan Enos, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2024
  • And for those trips further afield, Heathrow is easy to reach.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
  • And more time afield usually equates to more game in the bag.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 4 Sep. 2019
  • British hip-hop is on a tear right now – both at home and further afield.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 July 2023
  • And his chances of meeting a mate so far afield are close to zero.
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 12 May 2021
  • In the press, there were clues pointing farther afield.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2020
  • As any bird hunter knows, any day afield with a dog is worth the effort of getting out the door.
    Jennifer Wapenski, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2021
  • At the end of the day afield, everyone returns to the tent to learn how to clean and care for birds to take home to eat.
    Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2021
  • In other parts of the world, airlines have had to look far afield for storage.
    Tara Patel, Bloomberg.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The piper even knows his neighbors farther afield now, too.
    Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2020
  • The best way to do that is by taking fewer people afield at a time.
    Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Sand the lid and rails, chalk it up, and then practice before going afield.
    M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The action on the House floor this week captured just how far afield the debate has strayed.
    Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the students from farthest afield were already in town the week before move-in.
    Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 22 Aug. 2019
  • For those who want to go even farther afield, there's EarthRoamer.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Deer season in Texas always sends hunters afield in search of the state’s many trophy bucks.
    Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Mackie’s insights range far and wide and, at times, seem a little too far afield.
    Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2023
  • Moosa and his team hope to secure more funding to reach more people, both in the UK and farther afield.
    Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2022
  • But, travelers who must fly from the United States to points far afield still can — at least for now.
    Mike Arnot, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Fifty countries have now confirmed the presence of African swine fever in their herds, as far afield as the Philippines and Poland.
    Nicola Twille, Wired, 6 July 2021
  • Now those workers have been priced even further afield.
    Susie Cagle, Curbed, 10 Oct. 2018
  • Women came from across England and even further afield to take part.
    Washington Post, 10 June 2018
  • Instead, the center of a storm can track anywhere inside the cone with impacts far afield.
    The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Raven, her new album and first in six years, presents something further afield.
    Vulture, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Farther afield, a fresh crop of new buildings dotted the horizon.
    Liz Alderman, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, the center of a storm can track anywhere inside the cone with impacts far afield.
    Kimberly Miller, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • There are a handful of breweries in the northwest corner of Houston, inside the 610 Loop, close to the Loop, and farther afield.
    Emma Balter, Chron, 14 Nov. 2022
  • In 1959, Burton toured the world with the younger Nelson, performing as far afield as Japan and Australia.
    George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 June 2018
  • Fire trucks from as far afield as San Diego and Contra Costa counties were parked bumper-to-bumper along one stretch.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • One that, far from providing distraction from that which has tossed us about, has only seemed to hurl us further afield.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025

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