How to Use farther in a Sentence

farther

1 of 2 adverb
  • It's farther away than I'd thought.
  • And who knows, maybe your best place is on the list, just farther down?
    — Steve Vernon, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Any 8-foot plants should be 4 feet or farther out from the fence.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Jan. 2022
  • But a bit farther down on the menu, there’s pasta to save room for.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
  • Back on his feet and a bit farther down the street, he is struck by a skateboard.
    — Bernard Condon, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Those in the front row are maybe 3 feet from him; those in the back row aren’t much farther.
    — Jessica Gelt, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
  • So the left one is also seen as nearby, and the right one farther away.
    — Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science, 2 June 2020
  • That’s farther than all the sun’s planets and even the Kuiper belt.
    — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 14 June 2018
  • Plan on lots of sun, and fresher air, as a cold front moves farther away to the south and east.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 June 2020
  • Good, now move your arms farther apart until the sweat beads on your forehead.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2020
  • In the hottest years, the tiger sharks roamed farther north earlier in the year.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Shield low light plants with a sheer curtain or pull them farther back from the window.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 10 Mar. 2021
  • But because the site wasn’t too busy, voters were able to spread farther apart.
    — Jared Weber, Dallas News, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The higher the redshift, the farther away – and back in time – the source.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 22 July 2022
  • The puppet makes jokes about clips of films even farther down the B-movie scale.
    — Lillian Rizzo, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Plus, wet avalanches tend to travel farther than dry ones, due to their sheer mass.
    — Ula Chrobak, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2018
  • However, this time the bull's-eye is farther south, along the coast.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Control the heat by moving the food closer to or farther away from the fire.
    — Steven Raichlen, New York Times, 29 June 2018
  • From farther up the valley comes the thunder of a summer storm.
    — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Jimmy just needs to pitch and log innings and get farther away from the injury.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2019
  • In the photos, the snake appeared to have moved up farther on the dock with the fish still in its mouth.
    — Fox News, 7 June 2019
  • All those shrubs will grow larger and have to be replanted farther from the house.
    — Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • But on Mars there’s less of it, because the planet is farther out.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Two games into the season, the Saints look much farther away than that.
    — Rod Walker, NOLA.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Something shifts, and the end of the barrel is moving faster and farther away.
    — Jules Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2021
  • One of his first attempts was a screen, and the next wasn’t caught much farther from the line of scrimmage.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2018
  • There are also gusty winds on the backside of this morning’s rain farther north.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 23 Apr. 2020
  • These friends prove that the farther away the cameraman, the better.
    — Gabrielle Sanchez, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2021
  • The beam would be aimed at a relay drone, which would in turn beam it farther down the line to another drone.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2022
  • During the past decade, as the Bering Sea warmed, king crab in some years moved farther north.
    — Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022

farther

2 of 2 adjective
  • That love and support goes a lot farther than a yoga punch card right now.
    — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2021
  • Running a whole lot farther than a cross country race, no less.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2021
  • And the farther points north could see snow and even an icy glaze on the roads that could slow down travel.
    — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The score was a little farther than what the game really was.
    — Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2022
  • That heat will be felt much farther and wider than in Minnesota.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The farther one looks into the cosmos, the further back in time one goes.
    — Justin Bachman, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2021
  • All winters are dark, and get darker the farther one lives from the equator.
    — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Hanks added that this perception of him couldn’t be farther from how he was raised.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
  • This happens when the moon is farther from Earth and cannot block out the entire sun.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 9 June 2021
  • But the two ideas, perhaps not unlike the two men, could not be farther from each other.
    — Dorian Rolston, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Beyond that, bullets drift more in the wind at farther distances.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 1 June 2020
  • But the girls live 45 minutes away, and the soccer games are even farther.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Acquiring a copy will leave fans $13 farther from that goal, though.
    — Miho Inada, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Some areas well to the east and farther to the south may see a few showers, but most will remain dry.
    — Dallas News, 18 Oct. 2020
  • The higher the number, the stronger the storm and the farther south the northern lights can be seen.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Ignite this from a safe distance—the flame should be farther from you than just at the end of your fingers.
    — Car and Driver, 11 July 2020
  • The next is farther to the east and will approach the Caribbean in a few days.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 23 Aug. 2019
  • If the ball is hit to the farther half of the net, sprint to pick up the ball and run toward the other side of the net.
    — Luis Velarde, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The higher the number, the stronger the aurora and the farther south it can be seen.
    — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The farther homes are spread apart, the lower the return on investment.
    — NBC News, 16 June 2021
  • Those changes, in turn, are reducing the survival rates of the birds in their winter grounds farther south.
    — National Geographic, 12 May 2016
  • And then those farther to the left jumped on him, and Fox News and those on the right put the boots to him, too.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2018
  • But the track of this storm may wobble farther east or west of the current trajectory.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Or if your home is farther from Downtown in Somerville or Dorchester?
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2021
  • The gentler the slope, the farther inland incoming water can push the ice.
    — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 25 Feb. 2019
  • This year, the Bermuda High is both more intense and farther west than normal.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Because the Earth bulges in the middle, mountains along the equator are farther from the core.
    — NBC News, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Homa’s tee shot was farther to the left, almost resting against the trunk of a Bottlebrush tree.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2021
  • These are very similar to Nor'easters, but the center of the storm tends to be farther inland.
    — Cnn Meteorologist Allison Chinchar, CNN, 19 Dec. 2019
  • On the Right Bank, farther inland, merlot and cabernet franc are the main grapes.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2020

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