farfetched

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  • He was perhaps not unwilling to get some of his own back, since she had once more been advancing with earnestness a theory which he could not help regarding as being farfetched, and for which he could see no evidence at all. —  Through the Wall - Miss Silver - 1950 - Wentworth, Patricia
  • It may seem farfetched, but did it never occur to you that Mr Macbeth (for want of his real name) was trying to find out from you, that evening you spent on Tannasgan, whether the names of fabulous animals had for you anything more than a slight academic interest Good heavens, no! —  My Bones Will Keep - Gladys Mitchell- Bradley 35
  • Not only did all of his aspirations, no matter how farfetched or ill conceived, go up in smoke, but so did whatever remnants were left of his humanity. —  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • That may seem farfetched, considering the crap he rubs in your face. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 03 - March 2001
  • Yet it was widely believed that the Good Magician never gave a wrong Answer, however farfetched or irrelevant it might seem initially. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
 

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