How to Use far and wide in a Sentence

far and wide

adverb
  • The appeal ranges far and wide.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Projects range far and wide in issues.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Harrell searched far and wide with no luck.
    — Kara St. Cyr, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The fallout of these suits spread far and wide.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
  • For three days, souls would gather from far and wide.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Sky-high turnover rates helped spread the disease far and wide.
    — Bryce Covert, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021
  • People come from far and wide to see the plumbers do their work.
    — Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The Fox dynasty stretched far and wide.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
  • And, boy howdy, look how far and wide our food staple has reached since then.
    — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Her secret to deviled eggs known far and wide.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
  • This allowed the work of these artists to travel far and wide.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Parking stretches far and wide on the fields around the club.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025
  • Tributes to her life and work have been published far and wide.
    — Longreads, 15 Dec. 2021
  • In the following decades the marathon has spread far and wide.
    — Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The slightest breeze carries those seeds far and wide.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2026
  • There are fishermen who cast lines far and wide across the sport.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 July 2025
  • Please share this far and wide in case anyone stumbles across it!
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 14 Feb. 2017
  • Eagles spread out far and wide during the first years of their life.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Many of us have traveled far and wide around the world and seem to have been drawn home.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Isn’t that true of — a whole mess o’ people, in cultures far and wide?
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Any women can apply to the crew and recruits come from far and wide.
    — Sophie Sherry and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 22 July 2019
  • And then use your marketing budget to spread the word far and wide.
    — Allison Hatfield, Dallas News, 17 Nov. 2020
  • And that abundance is rich and varied and scattered far and wide.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 12 May 2018
  • People travel far and wide to get a chance to play some of the top courses.
    — Discover Magazine, 25 June 2018
  • Just like the story, the locations used are spread far and wide.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Competitive dancers come here from far and wide, as do the frocks.
    — Cathy Alter, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Minter has been patient and looked far and wide in assembling his first staff.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • There are so many compelling reasons to take travel far and wide in the year ahead.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Now all the people come from far and wide to be part of the Portland scene!
    — Kristi Turnquist | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • During the spring, male grizzly and polar bears search far and wide for mates.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023

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