out of the way
Example Sentences
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A piece of Fern’s called out societal expectations that a woman “unobtrusively gather up her thimble and, retiring into some out-of-the-way place, gradually scoop out her coffin with it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Most of Sheridan’s hit streak is built around the strivings of rough men willing to do whatever it takes to rule out-of-the-way corners of the country.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
Many who were imprisoned there, and at similar camps scattered in out-of-the-way corners of the country, spent the rest of their lives trying to erase the memory.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024
He did say the campaign’s strategy of directing surrogates like Mr. Newsom and Mr. Landrieu to out-of-the-way rural towns was an effort to increase turnout in counties that often underperform in the state’s elections.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024
Halfway across the world, in the smallest, most out-of-the-way town imaginable, there was her dad.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
