afar
Example Sentences
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Watching from afar, he believes England have the talent to improve on an erratic 2025-26 campaign.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Three or four hours would slip by with her in a trancelike state, fingers sweeping across her phone screen as she consumed social media, following every Taliban edict and distress posting from afar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
They admired one another from afar, brushed shoulders only in passing, and, in some ways, represented opposing ways of challenging the limits placed on women in indie rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
"If a galaxy were a city, the brightest stars would be the skyscrapers that immediately catch your eye from afar," said lead author Chloe Cheng, a recent doctoral graduate of Leiden University.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
They were all looking around the house as if they were finally seeing the inside of a building they had long been watching from afar.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
