How to Use far-out in a Sentence

far-out

adjective
  • This far-out fantasy tale stands the test of time.
    — Karen Cicero, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
  • With more than 50 exhibits in the show, it’s bound to be a far-out adventure.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • With more than 50 exhibits in the show, it’s bound to be a far-out adventure.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
  • However, some of your thinking might be a bit fanciful or far-out.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That includes putting moves on opponents for jump shots, hitting far-out threes, and even pulling off four-point plays.
    — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The quinoa cooked with salsa caught my eye, as did the far-out farro sundae, both simple and clever ways to cook and serve whole grains.
    — Husna Haq, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The far-out suburbs were top destinations among those who had moved from somewhere else in the United States.
    — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • For data centers, the controversy du jour sweeping Georgia and much of the country, that far-out idea may not be too far away.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Justice’s superhero name and grand mission are not out of place in the longevity field, which attracts colorful characters with far-out theories.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 29 May 2026
  • Of course, no Kojima title would be complete with a little bit of craziness, but even the more far-out aspects of the game make more sense and are a thrilling part of the journey.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The longevity field, as the people involved in it acknowledge, tends to attract colorful characters with far-out theories.
    — Sarah Todd, STAT, 29 May 2026
  • This sparked a wave of panic among workers who feared they were being targeted for arrest—not a far-out notion—resulting in an initial protest that triggered a temporary shutdown.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Inspired by a classic Muppet car paint job, a piano motif at the base features a golden key as a nod to Electric Mayhem's far-out band leader.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • And that paper only covered a handful of mainstream theories, omitting the more far-out ideas, like the notion that even a pebble, sunflower, or garden hose may contain a trace of consciousness.
    — Stephen Johnson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Who can resist the urge to look at celebs competing for attention with increasingly far-out creations, the inevitable result of unlimited cash and insider fashion access?
    — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026
  • Hanna Läkk, a space architect at ESA with a background in architecture and textile technology, has offered a more far-out use of regolith.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
  • And although the model still selects some amount of natural gas, hydro, and nuclear, it is based on technology available today and doesn't make far-out predictions of price, MacDonald adds.
    — Monica Heger, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2016
  • The company also teased flying vehicle concepts, one-person autonomous vehicle concepts and other far-out futuristic design ideas.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 5 Nov. 2025
  • There’s a chapter in the book talking about all this, looking at the range of possibilities and challenges that exist for places close in to the sun, such as Mercury, to the other extreme, far-out places such as Neptune and even further afield.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
  • No insider sources, and Ufotable has not given any official indication of release dates or a release window, not wanting to commit to one for either film, unlike say, what Marvel or DC does with its far-out projects (which to be fair, are often delayed after release dates are given).
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Like the Legion Go S, the Legion Go 2 settles at 1,920 by 1,200 pixels instead of the Original Go’s far-out 1600p resolution.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This week, a 51-year-old woman was sentenced to federal prison for making far-out and ultimately weightless accusations – that her former spouse had illegally accessed her bank account as an astronaut aboard the International Space Station in the summer of 2019.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026

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