far from
see under far cry from.
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How to use far from in a sentence
But its title is a misnomer: The far-from-renegade Gay is a very good feminist.
Roxane Gay: Not Such a 'Bad Feminist' After All | Lizzie Crocker | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOnce more we found ourselves in the far-from-delectable town of Cape François.
Hurricane Hurry | W.H.G. KingstonI began almost immediately to experience that far-from-home sensation of which Humpty-Dumpty speaks with so much feeling.
Atlantic Classics | VariousHe had sidled up to his mother and was caressing her cheek with his far-from-clean little hands.
Marjorie's Busy Days | Carolyn WellsYour Far-from-serene Gloominess,—Won't you one day be a little cheerful, and wrong?
It was poor, unhappy, still-very-far-from-perfectly-recovered Mr Capsicum's.
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