far cry from
Example Sentences
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Financing such deals is a far cry from traditional private equity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It's a far cry from basin depths in Silesia -- a historic coal mining region in southern Poland where he still extracts the ore.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
And American working-class staple Waffle House is becoming a fast favorite for visitors to discover American delicacies like “biscuits and gravy” — a far cry from “biscuits” and “gravy” elsewhere.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Music fans at the Glasgow Green festival enjoyed scorching sunshine on Sunday - a far cry from the first day of the event when it was hit by heavy rain.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
It was a far cry from the towering skyscrapers and concrete landscape of where he’d grown up.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
