The "as if" simile often expresses a far-fetched thought, a strange fancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters] Reference
Or how about just needing some emotional support for some far-fetched dream?. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Sharon Ufberg: Online Marketing Targets Age 40-Plus Women] Reference
Its moral is conventional, while the incident is too far-fetched for sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
I also felt some players had far-fetched expectations in 2009 before that season. From Wordnik.com. [Friedgen emphasizing togetherness as West Virginia game nears] Reference
This leads me to a prediction which will likely seem a little far-fetched to some. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Weigant: If Gay Marriage Wins...] Reference
Pakistan's foreign ministry in Islamabad called the leaks "far-fetched and skewed". From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan spy agency denies backing Afghan Taliban] Reference
"I don't see that it is so far-fetched -- or absurd either," Betty broke in quietly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
It is a far-fetched invention to square with the idea of supposed final perseverence. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
No need to rack our brains for far-fetched panaceas when the remedy lies close at hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
So, providing equivalent beauty benefits in a bottle of water may not be too far-fetched. From Wordnik.com. [Pore Science] Reference
While back then such a communist plot seemed pretty scary, now it just seems far-fetched. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Chameides: The Chemical Marketplace Series -- Drinking It In: Is Fluoride Good for You?] Reference
It does not seem far-fetched then to believe that this is the special function of suffering. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
In today's new political climate, variations on this theme seem less far-fetched than before. From Wordnik.com. [Left? Right? Center?] Reference
Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesman, Abdul Basit, called the leaks "far-fetched and skewed". From Wordnik.com. [Afghanistan war logs: Recriminations fly over alleged support for Taliban] Reference
The theory seems very far-fetched -- why would Tehran want America to occupy its neighbor Iraq?. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise And Fall Of Chalabi: Bush's Mr. Wrong] Reference
Still, it's far-fetched to believe that consumer empowerment can markedly lower Medicare costs. From Wordnik.com. [Harold Pollack: Double Count of Irony in Republican Arguments About Medicare] Reference
Some of the reports, which were generated by junior intelligence officers, do seem a bit far-fetched. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistani Spy Agency Denounces Leaked US Intelligence Reports] Reference
This innate capacity is not so far-fetched or remotely transcendent and unverifiable as it at first sounds. From Wordnik.com. [Kabir Helminski: Does Religion Cause War?] Reference
And it may not be such a far-fetched idea with the tiny new design, a wristband and the Nano's clock functionality. From Wordnik.com. [iPod Nano Watch: Steve Jobs Floats Wristwatch Idea (POLL, PHOTOS)] Reference
A few years ago, both these Treaties were seen as far-fetched, idealist aims in the minds of campaigners and do-gooders. From Wordnik.com. [Louis Belanger: Cluster Bombs Treaty becomes int'l law: Years of campaigning reap results] Reference
But as far-fetched as it sounds, making the suggestion has at least highlighted warnings about kids and choking dangers. From Wordnik.com. [Should hot dogs be redesigned or is that just baloney?] Reference
Ditto Brown, who recently invited to tea the very same Iron Lady he once derided for her "far-right, far-fetched, far-out dogma.". From Wordnik.com. [Seeking Center Ground] Reference
The idea that we could be looking at another lost decade for the United States and a third in a row for Japan is not that far-fetched. From Wordnik.com. [India's Secret Sauce] Reference
It was shortsighted, far-fetched fantasy for sure. From Wordnik.com. [Makes Me Wanna Holler] Reference
Filled full of far-fetched wares his frail ship's hold. From Wordnik.com. [The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse] Reference
This sense of the word is perhaps the most far-fetched. From Wordnik.com. [Categoriae. English] Reference
The truth is, this isn't terribly far-fetched or utopian. From Wordnik.com. [Marc Stoiber: Building the Regenerative City] Reference
Is it so far-fetched that DNA will become such a factor, too?. From Wordnik.com. [Millions of Useless Purchases Explained at Last!] Reference
So, are Depression analogies far-fetched, needlessly alarmist?. From Wordnik.com. [Another Great Depression?] Reference
As movie premises go, this one is more than a little far-fetched. From Wordnik.com. [Sex And The Single Bear] Reference
Such an idea is not so far-fetched as at first sight it may appear. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
All we can say is, John Grisham's story line isn't exactly far-fetched. From Wordnik.com. [Judgment Day in Wisconsin] Reference
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