far-going

Example Sentences

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Glad wad I be to gang myself, if I were na too auld for sic a far-going.

From Donalblane of Darien by Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald)

She had stopped too, without noticing him, and stood sending an intent, fixed, far-going look into the pretty wilderness of rock and wood on the other side of the way.

From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan

They are agreeable, disagreeable, sweet, pungent, far-going, varied, dry, indifferent.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

"You're a far-seeing, a far-going person," he said.

From The Guarded Heights by Camp, Wadsworth

Who, then, was this mechanical genius who was responsible for these far-going changes in submarine construction?

From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)