How to Use far and away in a Sentence

far and away

adverb
  • Weeding is by far and away one of the absolute worst lawn chores.
    Marilyn La Jeunesse, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
  • On the year, Dunn allowed just eight hits — far and away the best among the county’s starting pitchers.
    Tim Schwartz, baltimoresun.com, 17 June 2019
  • But for now, the question remains, far and away, the biggest one unanswered for the Redskins.
    Albert Breer, SI.com, 11 June 2019
  • The full report is worth reading, but on the issues, health care is far and away No. 1 for Democrats.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 24 Sep. 2018
  • Netflix is far and away the dominant player among streaming platforms.
    Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Football is by far and away the most dangerous sport, and youngsters die every year playing football.
    Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2024
  • The most worrying investment profile, though, is the one that the study found to be by far and away the most common in the data.
    Washington Post, 17 May 2019
  • But thankfully, there’s a big ecosystem of third-party apps that perform these tasks, and Moom is far and away the easiest to use.
    Nick Statt, The Verge, 27 Dec. 2018
  • Playing music and other audio content is far and away the most successful current use case for voice assistants.
    Rani Molla, Recode, 12 Nov. 2018
  • But far and away the film’s biggest asset is Costa’s sensibility.
    Kenneth Turan, latimes.com, 18 June 2019
  • His completion percentage would far and away be the highest single-season mark for an Alabama quarterback.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
  • But far and away the biggest difference-maker is going to be who controls legislative majorities and who controls the executive branch of the federal government.
    Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 27 Nov. 2018
  • The pair is still far and away the largest sports drinks brands.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 16 Jan. 2020
  • This is far and away the best way to charge your phone.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 5 Oct. 2022
  • This magazine was far and away the nicest of the bunch.
    John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Trevor Lawrence, far and away the jewel of this year’s class.
    Dennis Waszak Jr., courant.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • And going back to Jan. 1, the Raptors — at 34-8 — have far and away the best record in the league.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2020
  • The heat in the 1930s is far and away the warmest period.
    Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 10 July 2020
  • These are far and away the largest bath towels on this list.
    Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2024
  • Eyeball chests are far and away the best gold source, 500 per pop.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Points The Bruins have 119 points — far and away the most of any team this season.
    John Hancock, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • But the United States is still far and away the world’s main exporter of gas.
    Max Bearak Hilary Swift, New York Times, 31 May 2024
  • The Oxo grinder is far and away the least expensive grinder with a scale built-in to tell you that.
    Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 16 July 2024
  • This method is far and away one of the quickest ways to drive away customers.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Although daring to bet on the favorite from the tougher side of the draw, City are far and away the best side of the four.
    Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The team has a turnover rate of 21.9% during those quarters in the month of March, far and away the worst figure in the league.
    Tony East, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The dozen defeats are far and away the most that have been hung on Brady by any franchise.
    Steve Svekis, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2021
  • With the opening of the chic Rockaway Hotel in the summer of 2020, this is far and away the best place to spend the night.
    Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Eugene is far and away the smallest city to ever host the event.
    oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Rodriguez has been far and away the team’s best starter this season.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2019

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