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Sentence Examples The photo was one of a St. Patrick's Day parade in far off Sydney, down under. You're away from the stage by some margin and in this case the music seemed somewhat far off. In the far off distance, a single vehicle was bucketing along the road, a brown cloud of dust boiling up behind it. Once considered too far off the main flight paths for budget travellers, Ryanair now offers cheap direct flights from Britain. Reading this vituperator rant about hedonism in the UK in this week's New Yorker, I see that perhaps he isn't too far off base. Of waking up to hear that your fate, the future of your family and your home, has been changed again by someone in a far off place. It seemed like a perfect place to free your mind from all of life's troubles and just stare out at the open, calm sky that wasn't too far off. Along the shoreline not far off, people dip-netted for hooligan, an oily spring fish. Before we reached the summit of Shipka, from far off glinted the golden onion domes of the Church of the Nativity. One wrestler went too far off script and stomped to death a fellow athletic thespian. As Claire walked into the main corridor, she heard voices that sounded not too far off. He was born supereminent at a distance, bearing a name renowned in far off region. Ah, those far off days when childhood still retained the innocence that has been so sadly lost today. Still, so long as rescue wasn't too far off or if you had the survival kit, the knowledge you learn from this DVD could make all the difference. You want me to run until I get to a cliff, swan dive off that cliff and then swim a mile to a boat then fly to some far off island? Some U. N. officials are now warning of a humanitarian crisis in the occupied territories and saying it isn't far off. Actually, I'm passingly familiar with some descendants of East India merchants, and such a description wouldn't be too far off the mark. Not far off the trails we saw giraffes and various herds of gazelle, impala, and zebra. He was renowned for a pig root in the parade ring which would see his hind legs so far off the ground that they would be above his head! Is it an occasion of worship for some insectile race, or a missionary visitant from somewhere far off in the cosmos? Show More Sentences Many of us also have more in common with our fellow countrymen than with events in a far off country. He raised his sharp sword against one of his earth-born brothers nearby, then, himself, fell to a spear thrown from far off. They'll still be despondent after going so agonisingly close, but that historic first title might not be too far off now. Even if he does die in bed rather than in a noose, his last day is not far off. Many people, who came from far off villages while returning home disappointedly, are not allowed to refresh themselves at the nearby tea-stalls. The day is not far off when chefs from 15-member-hotels of the South Indian Culinary Association will spread out a dream menu for epicureans. We find reference to dreams in the stories of exiles who have returned home after a long sojourn in some far off land. Gender equality may not be too far off, given that action sports typically enjoy a community ethic. He was, as it turned out, not far off the mark and so must have gathered information from early travellers and unsung explorers. I think the alcohol from last night has addled your brain, because you couldn't be more far off. Community service, national service, shipping the offenders off to some far off land like Australia? In a political sense, there will be a reckoning and it will not be too far off. A business plan that does not allow for adjustment can end up very far off the mark. Colony nesters, Pink-footed Shearwaters nest only on islands far off the coast of Chile. The winter sun glared down coldly into his face and far off in the distance a semi honked its horn. One was just on the limb of the planet and one was far off but the other two were nowhere in sight. His music sounds as if it is being sung to a listener on the mainland from some siren's island far off in the limpid sea. These seem like irrelevant questions, but they aren't that far off from relevancy. The air became moister and the deep rumble of the waterfall could be heard, it was certain that they were not far off. At the same time, I saw clear signs that my gut feelings weren't that far off base. Show More Sentences In the meantime, not far off from where the battle was, a young and fair maiden was riding abroad on her beautiful white stallion, Evelyn. She threw the last knife she was holding at the target in frustration, not hitting far off from the target mark. He was disturbed himself at the result of a report that was so far off the mark. If they repeat themselves or go too far off the subject they can be challenged by another person. When Aikenhead climbed the scaffold Scotland was not far off being a theocracy in everything but name. The billowing white sail on the mast seemed to blend in with the far off clouds that covered the horizon. Somewhere far off, she could hear the nurses talking to her, and feel as her ankle was prodded and treated, medicated and wrapped. Characters disappear inexplicably and there is much melodramatic action, with farce never far off. If the project takes off in a big way, the potential for a more realistic movie experience may not be very far off. Some were running around in bikinis and trunks, jumping in and out of what looked to be an indoor hot tub far off to my right. Oaks swayed overhead, and a bird twittered sharply from far off, its call echoing through the fading blackness. He heard, acutely, birds twittering, the sighing of the wind, the far off sounds of farmers in their distant fields, too distant to be of help. In those far off days I used bits of bird feather, rabbit fur and silver paper wrapped around a hook. Once again, however, rumours of caves higher on the hillside and far off river sinks abound. When it was my turn to speak I found it quite difficult to talk without my voice cracking and although I didn't blub I wasn't far off. She looked past him, not at him, and the sun had become a burning ember beneath that far off hill. I'm probably not that far off with my assumption that these morons couldn't organize a booze-up at a brewery. One of the happiest sounds of my childhood summers was the jingling strain of the ice cream truck, faint and far off at first, then getting louder and nearer. I hadn't noticed it before, but a light fog misted over the far off maples and oaks and straggly birches and weeping willows in dusk, dreary cheer. A friend and I were plucking spiny lobsters from a reef not far off the coast of Pompano Beach, Fla., when a mature bull shark idled entirely too close. Show More Sentences I get so excited at the sound of that air horn so far off down the tracks. I understand why you were so moved that you left your secure, comfortable lives to defend the defenseless in a far off land. Step too far off the beaten path and you could be faced with diseased rodents and filthy insects. Once it was digested that a military conclusion seemed as far off as ever, the hitherto unsayable notion of a political resolution was out of the bag. On the eastern outskirts of the City of Bulawayo, on a derelict piece of land not far off the main Bulawayo-Harare Road, there stands a small squatter camp. The sound of heavy hooves upon the hardened earth rang out not far off. Okay, they may not be quite as up on the game as the crew who were giving Samoa a good stuffing in Watford yesterday afternoon, but they're not far off. That about a kilo is at issue in Moldova makes talk of a warhead far off, but it is hardly harmless. Yet, at a mere ten minute's walk from the city centre, and just opposite Fishergate bar and the now-closed Barbican, it is not far off the beaten track. Not far off, say the technology's developers, are photonic microcircuits that process light beams the way today's microelectronics chips process electric currents. And it would be possible only if communities attain self-sufficiency and do not have to transport goods needed for their needs from far off places. Or maybe we are just whiny wimps, an all-purpose explanation for every descent-of-man phenomenon that never is far off the mark. It remains as far off on a night in Scotland were outsung by the visiting fans. What if the play works so well that the runner is caught so far off base and a run-down ensues? Previously a lot of this coal was too deep for conventional mining, or too far off shore. Jet streams can divide into branches without warning, carrying a balloon far off course. She'd like him jammed into her slot, like him to crank into her and she didn't think ignition would be far off if he did. Saoire was never far off the lead as she raced in the front rank early on in company with Sanserif and Mona Lisa. Jean had thought that the prowler might be some tramp who had wandered far off the beaten path of migratory humans. Caught the day before far off the coast of West Africa, they have been airfreighted to London for dinner. Show More Sentences The French armies were not far off, and there were alarums and excursions all along the border. The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. And so great were the mischiefs they did, that these Isles of the Syrens, even as far off as Man can ken them, appeared all over white with the Bones of unburied Carcasses. Interestingly, it took Huddersfield's next three coaches more than 13 games to register two wins, with the club so far off the pace in their early Super League years. Although Baldomir declared Uruguay neutral in 1939, British warships and the German ship Admiral Graf Spee fought a battle not far off Uruguay's coast. Examples from Classical Literature Riding back we saw some burrhel on the opposite hills, too far off to make a successful stalk possible. Then she heard the voice again, far off through the woods, up along that highway. Its spading was a complicated business and it lay too far off to permit of conversation. He was still far off when she first glimpsed him, just cresting one of the higher hills, so that for him the sun had not yet set. Soon enough she found him, not far off, stiff and cold beside his half-cut bundle of firewood. He is not only short as a statistician of New York, but he is off, far off, in his mathematics. This may happen if her own son be an infant, or very far off, or if she have no son. He is taken to the roof, from which he sees far off the outlines of the delectable Mountains. As to me, sawney, at your service, I think the end of my punishment is not far off. Sometimes the tenter, instead of standing with one foot in the Den, stands as far off the prisoner as the prisoner can spit. When far off they uttered cries which reminded me of that of the wryneck, and which I at first thought came from a little auk. The other hall of the therm stands not far off, and is circular with a domed roof. The roar of the river seemed louder now, and he could hear a timber wolf howling far off on the hillside. I had the satisfaction to find the other scapula, which had remained not far off. As yet only one caravel has come into port, but the rest are said to be not far off. Fearful grew the four swans, for the time was not far off when they must wing their flight north to the wild sea of moyle. There is a certain Nysa, a mountain most high and richly grown with woods, far off in Phoenice, near the streams of aegyptus. A rattle of firearms far off on the other side of the river left it unspoken. And I will make her that halteth a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation, and Jehovah shall reign over them in mount Zion, from henceforth, even for ever. Here, and at Naga not far off, are the remains of the temples of the Can-daces, great buildings of semi-barbaric Egyptian style. Show More Sentences Nasi and some of the worst characters would sit scowling not far off, or follow us with loaded muskets. As I turned, far off in Cairo I saw the first lights glittering across the fields of doura, silvery white, like diamonds. Th' keenin' become waker an' waker till it died down like the cheep ov a willy-wag-tail far off be the ind ov th' road. While he was yet a fresh importation, all the town were agog after him, as though he were a gentle monster brought over for a nine days wonder from some far off island in the western main. They knew that far off to the southwest lay the islands of Samoa, and Rarotonga. At the dead of night we were aroused from our sleep by a cry that the factious were not far off. Then came the processional, with the wonderful voices of the choir-boys sounding far off, and then nearer. The bakehouse was deemed too far off, and the garden sufficient for exercise. Then, not far off, would be found the grass tree, from the summit of which long pendants projected like enormous blades of grass. We may at least console ourselves with the reflexion that such a contingency is far off. Near by is a cornhouse and a small distillery, and the corrals for sheep shearing are not far off. Drawing one, he senselessly fired, but the men were too far off to be injured. He seemed rather peculiar, and perhaps it would be just as well to sequester him as far off as possible. To these disadvantages must be added a third, the shoaling of the sea bottom, which compels ships to anchor far off shore. And the palfrey whinnies so loudly that he can be heard far off at sea. The athlete was not so far off that she needed to call very loud. She begins to cry, and old black Clementine, her nurse, who is not far off, limps across the room to pick her up and carry her away. And far off in the distance could be heard the cries of his bodyguard. Reminded you, perhaps, of the faint odor of a cadaver far off? What he heard was the far off chugging of an automobile engine. Show More Sentences Alleyne gave his staff a merry flourish, however, and the red deer bethought him that the King was far off, so streaked away from whence he came. When one is far off and alone, it would not be well to grow blotched and leprous of a sudden,' said Mahbub. The dollar sign is too far off the main road to admit of that theory. The quarters was a little sort of street of rude shanties, in a row, in a part of the plantation, far off from the house. He did not gesticulate as yet, but this could not be far off. Kendrick, I wasn't so far off when I talked about that graveyard trip, eh? He heard far off a cannonade which might be that of grouchy. It was the shrilling of a police whistle far off down the Embankment. When Steve Ames showed up on spindrift, adventure wasn't far off. It looks like solidified azure, as, far off, it is drawn through the streets. Myself and my chattels were soon transferred to a modest lodging I had hired in a street not far off. In the forefront could be distinguished a drowsy waking plaint passing on, and far off the growth of a multiple clamour, marching and expanding. A beacon-light far off, twinkling across the waves like a star! And it must be so, at least, until some far off millennial day. His gait betrayed him, while he was still too far off for his features to be seen. They were far off, but the sound, even though coming muffled through the deadening snowfall, was full of terror. When Nicolette heard Aucassin she came to him, for she was not far off. The cry had been loud on account of its vehemence, but it had pealed out from somewhere far off on the shadowy plain. But, by good fortune the greenhouse was not far off, and these words brought us to it. And now far off she saw the dust blowing in a long, rolling, pinkish line. Show More Sentences As I had been one voyage to this coast before, I knew very well that the islands of the Canaries, and the Cape de Verde Islands also, lay not far off from the coast. Yet the fishers and the peasants raised their heads and looked questions at each other, for the angelus had already gone and vespers was still far off. Dully and far off I heard the crack of a rifle and was feebly aware of the shock as I was dropped to the earth, where I lay without sense or motion. The soil is becoming hilly and portends mountains not far off. Floating on with closed eyes and muffled ears, you neither see the rocks bristling not far off in the bed of the flood, nor hear the breakers boil at their base. It was too far off for Santa Claus in Lithuania, but it was not too far for peace and good will to men, for the wonder-bearing vision of the Christ Child. Sure enough there have been comparisons made between MMA fights and the gladiatorial contests of ancient Rome and they might not be too far off the mark. My first knowledge that I was on the wrong trail came when I heard the yells of the pursuing savages suddenly grow fainter and fainter far off to my left. Some of these people knew their turn for examination to be so far off, that they lay down on the ground to sleep or smoke, while others talked together, or loitered about. Find more words! 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