How to Use far-flung in a Sentence

far-flung

adjective
  • Oh, and the bar doesn’t take cards, which gives an idea of how far-flung this place is.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Legal experts say the effort is far-flung and will likely fail.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Sep. 2024
  • No hobby would be too far-flung while the Moon trines Mars in your boundless 9th house!
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
  • Researchers are actively looking at the issues which are far-flung.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • These affordable communities are far-flung and a long drive from the bustle of the city.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
  • These affordable communities are far-flung and a long drive from the bustle of the city.
    — Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Most of the children are from Long Island, but some are as far-flung as Erie County.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Before long, the researchers were fielding reports from points as far-flung as Poland and the Netherlands.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The bulk of the sport’s 1,300 tournaments are far-flung and offer little prize money.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Growing up, the idea of winning even one world championship always seemed far-flung to Verstappen.
    — Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Thanks to a long winter season, the urge to travel to a warm and far-flung destination is tantalizing.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Vfx work has also become far-flung around the world as the digital nature of the job means it can be done from almost anywhere, thanks to high-speed data networks.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The latter won’t be somewhere far-flung though, as the couple’s idea of relaxation isn’t hopping on a plane and flying for hours to some remote location.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
  • His themes are learned; his settings numerous and far-flung; his imagination apocalyptic, but very, very funny.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • The newly emerging elite of seventh century England were looking east and were building new ideas about governance derived from old or far-flung places.
    — Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But journeys needn’t be that far-flung, with hotels from Hawaii to Austria now offering stargazing activities.
    — Marylou Costa, Contributor, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Three-quarters of the cars imported by countries as far-flung as Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Djibouti last year were pure electrics.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Going after Stake can be challenging—its corporate structure is multifaceted and far-flung.
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Bloomberg, 27 Feb. 2026
  • What started as a quirky idea in New York City has transformed into a global event, bringing festive cocktails to places as far-flung as Japan.
    — Rachel King, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • As vast as its market size may be, the industry is severely fragmented and geographically far-flung, which makes the product difficult to scale.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Trump has also positioned himself as the indispensable global statesman by driving efforts to bring peace to other, often far-flung and long-standing disputes.
    — Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This is not the typical guest experience in Palau, a pristine and far-flung tropical archipelago east of the Philippines.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
  • There still are dozens of locations dotted throughout the United States and, per the company website, one as far-flung as Manila in the Philippines.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
  • Of course, the best diplomacy is often conducted through nontraditional means, especially in complex and far-flung regions such as the Pacific.
    — Charles Edel, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Flown’s sessions can have as many as 40 participants—lawyers, academics, writers, all logging on from locales as far-flung as England, Australia and Uruguay.
    — Frederick Reimers, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
  • The results reveal that deep-sea brittle stars have spread around the world’s oceans throughout the past 100 million years, connecting regions as far-flung as Tasmania and Iceland.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2025
  • If the sound of far-flung escapes and close encounters with a humpback whale floats your boat, read on for some of the world’s most unique marine getaways, from French Polynesia to Panama and Mozambique.
    — Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Even if Antarctica isn't in your 2025 travel plans, these are still the best winter clothes for staying warm and toasty anywhere this season — whether that’s in your own backyard or as far-flung as the South Pole.
    — Hannah Freedman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
  • In places as far-flung as Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Serbia, from antiquity to the present day, tornadoes have sucked up aquatic creatures by the bushel and carried them several miles away.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There is no single pattern that describes the migratory behavior of birds in California or New York, and protecting these birds will require efforts that are as diverse and far-flung as their habitats.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023

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