How to Use far down in a Sentence

far down

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  • Since then, inflation has come far down, to a little more than 3 percent in the most recent report released this week for May.
    Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
  • Not far down the road is the 18-hole Trump National Golf Club.
    Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • And a smart oven is likely to be far down the list of devices to set up again once that happens.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2023
  • If the clog is too far down, try using an unclogging gel from the store.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Not too far down the coast, piles of dead Dungeness crab washed ashore on Kalaloch Beach this summer.
    Isabella Breda, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • This far down the road, that isn't easy to do and is a testament to our storytellers.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 June 2023
  • Not far down the road, hopes are high at Crowley as well with new head coach Carlos Lynn.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 28 July 2023
  • The other video still exists, though now it’s buried far down the page with a couple of others.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2022
  • That’s because 1. linebackers are far down the list of players that impact winning in the NFL and 2.
    Scott Patsko, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Most dive as far down as the twilight zone, where the dim light from above rapidly dwindles to nothing.
    Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2022
  • Scrape or cut the plant portions to determine how far down the stems the tissue has been injured or killed.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The shakeup from rivalry weekend shouldn't send Ohio State too far down the Top 25.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2022
  • This resolves the clog, and you're done! Step 3: If the clump of materials is too far down the drain to reach, though, a plumbing snake can come in handy.
    Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 29 July 2023
  • Wet Leg also seems awfully far down, on the ninth line, given that band’s heat at the moment.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2022
  • So fame and money and all that stuff is pretty far down my list of things to prioritize.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • This is a fascinating look at how far down the rabbit hole the world of collecting can go.
    Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 21 Oct. 2022
  • With how thin the Ducks are at inside linebacker Boettcher isn’t going to be too far down in the rotation.
    oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Back-end processes that were far down on lenders’ digital road maps suddenly got pushed to the top of the list.
    Phil King, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • Of all the problems facing the Bruins in getting back to true Stanley Cup contention, Cassidy is far down the list.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022
  • From South Carolina’s viewpoint, slavery was very far down the list.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The line at Paia Fish Market usually extends so far down the main drag that staffers can’t see the end of it through their front window.
    Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • In court, Nauta sat far down the defendants’ table from his scowling boss and could be seen at times leaning over to peer at him.
    David Ovalle, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
  • Some nearby property owners managed to get a rope and rescue her from the waters, but Kyle was too far down the creek at that point.
    Summer Lin, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Center Ethan Pocic and tackle James Hudson are not too far down, grading in the top 35 for the same category.
    Irie Harris, cleveland, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Light waves, radio waves, X rays—none of these ways of reading the universe let scientists see as far down toward the horizon of a black hole.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Hailing from Maryville, Tennessee, Ellis lives not far down the road from Lewandowski.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
  • Little wonder, then, that far down the coast, the Huntington Beach Pier was armed as a submarine lookout.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
  • To get that far down the field and only come away with three points isn’t a sustainable way to win games in a competitive division.
    Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Reporters' ability to do their jobs and ask questions is likely far down the list of any voters' concern.
    Rick Klein, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Those who don’t agree need travel not terribly far down the road to make their home in Douglas County, Nev., one of the most conservative in that state.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2022

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