How to Use far-fetched in a Sentence

far-fetched

adjective
  • The West and Ukraine see Brazil’s plan as far-fetched given the state of the war.
    Jack Nicas, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The idea that the goon on the sidelines might be the movie’s stealth MVP starts to seem less and less far-fetched.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
  • At the time, a 38-point, 13-assist stat line from Young seemed far-fetched.
    Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
  • That dream of playing in the NBA wasn’t something that was far-fetched.
    Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
  • Some fans will call for changes at the top after this loss, but that’s far-fetched.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The idea isn’t that far-fetched for the longest-running panelist of the chatfest.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024
  • Hopes that Putin might be deposed seem even more far-fetched.
    Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
  • The question, as Halpern demonstrates, isn’t far-fetched.
    Eve Bowen, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Yes, the premise is completely far-fetched, but who cares?
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • But for those of us living in the post-Dobbs U.S., such practices might seem less far-fetched.
    Maggie Doherty, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
  • At first, Taylor Swift struck me as a little far-fetched.
    Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Richard would have to earn a medal — gold would be nice, if far-fetched — to accomplish his world takeover.
    Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • So while this is all far-fetched, that aspect has at least intrigued me.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Advertisement In 2023, the idea of an art park doesn’t seem so far-fetched.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The two have become so close that handholding doesn’t seem so far-fetched.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Vizcaino will compete for the job, but listing him as the favorite is far-fetched.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Tonally on the bubbly side — there’s no time for depression here — the plot is a tad far-fetched.
    Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 23 May 2024
  • Like so much about the Rocky movies, this storyline is both more and less far-fetched than real life.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023
  • And the idea of people giving birth to themselves, as happened at the end of Men, is equally far-fetched.
    David Gilbert, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Legal observers have described Musk’s claims against the groups as far-fetched.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
  • And as for criticisms that the projects might be too expensive or too far-fetched?
    Ayurella Horn-Muller Syris Valentine, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2024
  • Although at the moment, with the Rangers now alone in third place in the AL West, thinking of tiebreakers seems kind of far-fetched anyway.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Suddenly, the idea of a dreaming robot didn’t seem so far-fetched.
    Amanda Gefter, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Nothing is too far-fetched for animal lovers to achieve!
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
  • And as far-fetched as that sounds, these belligerents were doing a lot more than flapping their lips.
    CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • While most people are predicting a down year for the Sun Devils, Arizona State in a bowl game isn't that far-fetched.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
  • While these claims are accurate, the idea that Sun Chips are beneficial to one's health is a bit far-fetched.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • Sounds like Momoa trading in his trident for a cigar in the near future may not be so far-fetched after all.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Though mocked by some, Nymanover’s vision of a book recording in a hat wasn’t entirely far-fetched in 1883.
    Sam Apple, The Atlantic, 21 June 2023
  • In this harsh and isolated area of the world, that kind of magical transformation doesn’t seem too far-fetched.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024

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