How to Use far gone in a Sentence
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As well as pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Mar. 2022
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Last year, Texas’ game against Iowa State showed how far gone the team was.
—Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
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And if that’s the case, the name game probably is too far gone.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Jan. 2022
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Some ears, such as my right one, are too far gone for filler.
—Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
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By the time an angel can get there, Dan's too far gone.
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 30 May 2021
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Or maybe even the 4th seed, but Prince George is probably too far gone.
—Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
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He was told that his body was was too far gone to make any significant changes to his health.
—Nile Fortner, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2022
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John had been part of a rescue mission to bring wounded soldiers to England by ship and leave those too far gone to die.
—Phoebe Zerwick, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
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All of the occupants were offered spots at the city’s new Roseville Road shelter, and two have so far gone, Swanson said.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
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So often, people turn the other cheek and pay them no mind or assume addicts are too far gone.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
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Those who aren’t too far gone may be able to get their homes under control with a little awareness, a lot of motivation, the help of a friend and a few new habits.
—Marni Jameson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
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The 4-footers have so far gone in for him, but the nerves tend to fray with the years and the weekend ahead will be everything even a player of Mickelson's pedigree can handle.
—Tim Dahlberg, Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
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And as Inverse notes in its report on the research, many people are too far gone to help, as the condition has progressed beyond the point of no return.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Aug. 2022
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Bark falling off and fungi sprouting from the wood are both typical signs that the wood is too far gone for friction fire components like drills and boards.
—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 26 May 2020
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Instead of patching and fixing a relic that was likely too far gone to fix, Microsoft started anew.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022
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The play desperately tries to turn comic but can’t, both because Barron doesn’t have the staging savvy for farce and because the show is already so far gone in inky-black despair.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2022
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Hoping to reel herself in before she’s too far gone, Allison attends a support group meeting at a church.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2022
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The military may be the last hope against a total collapse of our republican form of government — but that may mean the republic is already too far gone to save.
—Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 4 June 2020
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Yet mobilizing rich countries’ to invest in vaccines for diseases that seem far gone isn’t always easy.
—Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 25 July 2022
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Those who fall on the other side of that figure are too far gone, completely untethered from any semblance of reality.
—Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
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In August, Becker introduced articles of impeachment against DeWine over the same issues, though that measure has so far gone nowhere.
—Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2020
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Ask whether the trees are too far gone to merit ongoing treatment, which could easily run hundreds of dollars per tree per year for multiple problems.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021
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Baker said his calls to Heather Davis, the club’s general counsel who was appointed president of Peregrine Sports amid the upheaval, had so far gone unreturned.
—Bill Oram, oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2022
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On the one hand, the incident reveals just how far gone Nicky is, but on the other, the mother of the boy gives Jack her necklace — a Buddhist symbol of purpose — that becomes very important in the Pearson family mythology.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021
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To avoid an even grimmer future, the report’s authors warned, communities needed to recognize a harsh reality: Some young people are too far gone to save.
—Matthew Thompson, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
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The deconstruction is necessary because the pavilion's condition is too far gone, said Tim Askin, a city historic preservation planner.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2023
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Human intervention is especially needed where the landscape is completely charred and Joshua trees are too far gone to regenerate on their own.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023
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Of rescue efforts for 80 manatees, a task requiring 10 personnel for each animal, many were too far gone: seven died during rescue and eight died in intensive care.
—Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2021
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America’s dynamic economy means the debt situation isn’t too far gone to rectify just yet.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2024
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And while some states, including Nebraska, have created initiatives targeting population loss, those programs have not reached places as far gone as Monowi.
—New York Times, 24 June 2022
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