How to Use far-fetched in a Sentence

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• 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
• From the Rockets’ perspective, such a move seems far-fetched.
  — Rahat Huq, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
• Sadly, this makes The Martian the most far-fetched of Scott’s sci-fi films in today’s climate.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024