a far cry

Example Sentences

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They were nice to me in the way that most people were, like it was a requirement because of who my mom was, but they were a far cry from friends.

From Literature

Which was a problem, because while I was a lot of things, I was a far cry from perfect.

From Literature

The chairs were surprisingly comfortable, a far cry from the hard wooden ones back at the Academy.

From Literature

This, we all agreed, was a far cry from the magic sponge and bucket we all remembered as being the way we got treated many years ago.

From BBC

It's all a far cry from the optimism of Washington's Cuba policy of a decade ago.

From BBC