How to Use far-fetched in a Sentence

far-fetched

adjective
  • The idea may sound far-fetched.
    — Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe that’s all a bit far-fetched.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The premise, many felt, seemed far-fetched.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Dec. 2025
  • But the notion is not so far-fetched.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The notion was not far-fetched.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2026
  • The ideas may sound far-fetched and never come to fruition.
    — PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
  • When it was discussed a decade ago, the plan seemed far-fetched.
    — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In many ways, the idea of using pigs is not all that far-fetched.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
  • Still think a house in your Amazon cart sounds far-fetched?
    — Toni Sutton, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Hopes that Putin might be deposed seem even more far-fetched.
    — Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
  • Some fans will call for changes at the top after this loss, but that’s far-fetched.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
  • So while this is all far-fetched, that aspect has at least intrigued me.
    — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The proposition is not far-fetched.
    — John M. Crisp, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The idea of $5 a gallon gasoline is not -- is not far-fetched.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • On paper, what happened to Floyd sounds far-fetched, at best.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The two have become so close that handholding doesn’t seem so far-fetched.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 23 Dec. 2023
  • On the other, there is the overwrought but far-fetched revenge for her death.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
  • Given high call center turnover rates and training gaps, this isn’t far-fetched.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Vance’s address to the MCC was not so far-fetched.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Richard would have to earn a medal — gold would be nice, if far-fetched — to accomplish his world takeover.
    — Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • Despite that, as 9to5Mac notes, some of the claims seem a bit far-fetched.
    — PC Magazine, 28 July 2025
  • But the good news is that not everything on the Redux is far-fetched.
    — New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
  • And as for criticisms that the projects might be too expensive or too far-fetched?
    — Ayurella Horn-Muller Syris Valentine, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2024
  • Vizcaino will compete for the job, but listing him as the favorite is far-fetched.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Now, those expectations seem more far-fetched.
    — Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Suddenly, the idea of a dreaming robot didn’t seem so far-fetched.
    — Amanda Gefter, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Completing a career with four state titles is far-fetched, even for the best.
    — Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 11 May 2026
  • In Cuba’s case, his prediction may not be too far-fetched.
    — Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Brian asked — a notion so far-fetched that his assistant laughed out loud.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
  • The idea isn’t that far-fetched for the longest-running panelist of the chatfest.
    — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024

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