quite a ways

Example Sentences

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We’re quite a ways away from September now.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

“And then we inched back from it, and now we’ve inched back quite a ways from it — and it could be many years until we get there, if we ever do.”

From New York Times • May 3, 2023

Also keep in mind that at 44, your retirement may be quite a ways off, and what you want then might be different than what you want now.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2022

When my husband realized, quite a ways into his journey, that it had fallen off his rack he was distraught, since it held his wallet, car keys and extra bicycle battery.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2022

“Yeah, well, you’d have to row quite a ways to find my ducks somewhere in Italy, or France, or maybe Czechoslovakia, so that presents a problem, doesn’t it?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool