How to Use faraway in a Sentence

faraway

adjective
  • My grandfather told us tales of faraway lands.
  • The prizes were trips to faraway places.
    — Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 12 May 2026
  • At least not for one of the long and faraway trips that have been my routine for decades.
    — Ann Hermes, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The polar bear was just a faraway speck in a frozen white expanse.
    — Nell Lewis, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Mom would ride in the passenger seat, a faraway look in her eyes.
    — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 28 June 2018
  • Kostikova would just sit and listen to the sounds of her faraway home.
    — National Geographic, 10 Nov. 2020
  • African elephants can only rarely be caught and sent to faraway zoos.
    — National Geographic, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Want to learn more about faraway countries on free embassy tours?
    — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 1 May 2026
  • The driver, who had a faraway look in his eyes, moved in slow motion.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 19 May 2021
  • Readers say books can take you to faraway places from the comfort of your home.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
  • There were no wines by the glass, no long list of selections from faraway places.
    — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2018
  • The idea of a faraway place came up, which everybody has heard about but not been to yet.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • Not some remote, faraway place or even a place that is near, but a place that is here within.
    — Kristin Clark Taylor, Washington Post, 11 July 2018
  • And problems that start in a faraway part of the world don't stay in a faraway part of the world.
    — Ted Koppel, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • But music wasn’t even a faraway dream for Nwigwe a decade ago.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The gas tragedy is a faraway one to them, consigned to history.
    — Vidya Krishnan, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Travel back through the mists of time to the faraway land of 2019.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • His eyes were limpid, faraway, flooded with tears, his gaze beatific.
    — Helen Molesworth, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Sometimes the faint sound of an engine—a truck or a tank on the faraway mountain road—but that was rare.
    — Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • These hooks latch onto fur and clothes to travel to a faraway land with the animal.
    — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The dream of a faraway island always becomes the dream of the next island over.
    — Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 20 May 2019
  • Sitting in that faraway room in Pittsburgh, Sandy was at a loss.
    — CBS News, 5 May 2023
  • Many of us have traveled and yearned to bring home some element of a faraway place that inspired us.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2022
  • These faraway stars are so distant they can't be seen with the naked eye because the light is obscured by gas and dust.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Make lemon bars in some faraway place from lemons foraged off the side of Mulholland.
    — Lisa Donovan, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The country felt like this faraway land where many Americans fought and died.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
  • Many of you will plan adventures that require travel to faraway places.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Gaze in awe at seeing craters within craters on the moon's surface and seeing faraway stars come to life.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
  • Let this book’s beauty transport you to this unique, faraway land from the comfort of your living room.
    — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The stress in the Middle East has helped raise the cost of shipping even on faraway routes.
    — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024

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