How to Use from afar in a Sentence
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Hunting these areas, or at least glassing them from afar, can produce encounters with big deer.
— Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024 -
Any ideas on how to tell her the truth as observed from afar?
— Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024 -
Duncanville, state champs in 2021, will have to watch from afar.
— Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Even from afar, his mind moved mine like a backgammon piece.
— Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023 -
The Cincinnati icon sign glows from afar as part of the city's western skyline.
— Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024 -
Nelly and Ashanti are ringing in the new year from afar!
— Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 1 Jan. 2024 -
What was your view of LFF from afar before you were involved?
— Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023 -
Most of the crowd at the Dunkin’ admires from afar, mouths slightly agape, nerves too jittery to go up and say hi.
— Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024 -
So Aaron said all the right things, and did his best to comfort Patricia from afar.
— Francesca Street, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023 -
This wasn’t the family’s first time adopting a dog from afar.
— Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023 -
The survivors watched helplessly from afar as their city and loved ones were lost.
— Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 22 July 2024 -
The fire sent clouds of black smoke billowing skyward that could be seen from afar.
— TIME, 23 Feb. 2024 -
For more than 15 years, one man’s shadow has loomed over Thailand from afar.
— Charlie Campbell, Time, 22 Aug. 2023 -
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are thinking of their sister-in-law from afar.
— Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024 -
But even observing the swarms from afar can be worth your while, Jackson said.
— Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2024 -
Police monitored the event from afar and walked a counterprotester out of the area.
— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024 -
There’s plenty to follow on these opening days of camp, even from afar.
— Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 22 July 2023 -
Through all the ups and downs, Hollie supported and lifted her up from afar.
— Francesca Street, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023 -
Looking for a glamorous hotel to view the action from afar?
— Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023 -
The Earth, for example, looks round (spherical) when viewed from afar, but a tiny patch of ground looks flat.
— Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023 -
Now, Singer will be stuck watching her castmates in Las Vegas from afar.
— Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023 -
Cara watches from afar, renewed by the energy of their young love.
— Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 5 Feb. 2023 -
So, all eyes are on Kelce tonight—including Amiri’s, albeit from afar.
— Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2024 -
Detect bombs, poison gas clouds, and concealed weapons from afar!
— IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2024 -
Go to hike, bike on dirt paths, admire ancient ice fields, and watch from afar as grizzlies fish for their dinner.
— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023 -
The Warsaw ghetto uprising is shown only as noise and smoke across a wall, glimpsed from afar.
— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Most recently, Dua took her fave style to the next level in a sheer wide-leg jumpsuit that almost looks like a gown from afar.
— Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 24 Feb. 2023 -
Nevis Peak takes some effort to climb, but plenty of people do it; or else, just admire the 3.232-foot mountain from afar.
— Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023 -
Williams, then at a low-point in his professional career, watched from afar.
— TIME, 8 Nov. 2023 -
Having talent partners who can help you and have seen the blind spots from afar is incredibly valuable.
— Agni Ghosh, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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