(adv.) At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.
Example Sentences:
(1) Iraqi police have also executed detainees in Tal Afar and government-allied militias opened fire on a mosque in the Khanaqin district northeast of Baghdad killing 73 men and boys, Pansieri said.
(2) Until now, at least for those watching from afar, the Trump show has been a spectacle.
(3) It also was recovered from El Bur and one with similar microscopic characters has been seen in Chad and also in "territoire français des Afars et des Issas".
(4) Changing the political landscape is going to take much longer than organising a fundraiser from afar.
(5) Erotomania, the persistent delusion of being loved from afar by another person, has defied easy categorization for years.
(6) In March, Page told Bloomberg that his experience on the ground doing deals in Russia and Central Asia would make him better placed to give advice than “people from afar, sitting in the comfort of their think tanks in Washington”.
(7) Word spread of an uprising to challenge the park development and we went to watch from afar, uninvested.
(8) Whether witnessed close-up, as in Mitchell's case, or from afar, in the exaltation of Sir Ranulph as he escorts his wig to the Antarctic, a narrow model of male prowess is actively damaging huge numbers of non-dominant, powerless or jobless men, who struggle, the charity explains, when they are unable to meet expectations.
(9) Based in Paris – ostensibly the city of love – she will travel anywhere in France and provide a photographer to capture the point at which the question is popped, snapping the couple from afar as marriage is proposed – for €400.
(10) It is a purposeful, proactive designation by other people – often strangers – who see you from afar and admire some quality.
(11) Better to blockade and pummel from afar, if the sanctity of human life is not a concern.
(12) The 21 photographs posted on a website that frequently carries official statements from the Islamic State group document the destruction in Mosul and the town of Tal Afar.
(13) But Michael Gove continued to rely on him from afar and, when Coulson resigned, the education secretary rapidly appointed him.
(14) It is easier, after all, to upbraid a Chinese writer from afar than to risk public scorn and official disapproval in America by upholding the rights of Bradley Manning .
(15) On the marshy plain near Gewani significantly higher infection rates occur among Afar females than males.
(16) The power station will become a big Westfield with a shopping centre inside.” But Tincknell says the height of the new buildings will be capped at 60 metres, which means the brick colossus’s four white chimneys will be visible from afar.
(17) Residents of Tal Afar, a city north-west of Mosul with a large Shia population, said reinforcements, most of them Shia irregulars, had been flown in to try to regain control from Isis jihadists who took the city on Monday.
(18) During an entomological survey conducted in French Territory of Afars and Issas from November 1973 to June 1975, eight Anopheles species were collected: A. rhodesiensis, A. azaniae, A. dthali, A. macmahoni, A. gambiae, A. turkhudi, A. salbaii and A. pharoensis.
(19) The preliminary results of an entomological survey of the potential arbovirus vectors in the French Territory of Afars and Issas are exposed.
(20) Maliki pledged that Tal Afar would be retaken by Thursday, and fighting late on Wednesday appeared to be tipping the battle in favour of Iraqi forces.
Ajar
Definition:
(adv.) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
(adv.) In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.
Example Sentences:
(1) I felt that theatre was closed, but that when it came to film, the door was very slightly ajar.
(2) Finding the outer door ajar, I pushed it open and stepped out and was struck by a blast of cold air.
(3) Turn the heat down to medium-low and simmer with the lid slightly ajar for at least 45 minutes, until tender but not falling apart.
(4) Signs such as a closed door, door ajar, door half-open or completely open all have different meanings ...
(5) But he appeared to leave the door ajar when he was asked whether his claim that he is "not available" would still apply if the Lisbon treaty is ratified.
(6) alpha 1-Inhibitor 3 was a more complete ring sometimes ajar at one corner.
(7) We try to show the function of pen names for Romain Kacew, who was twice rewarded by the Goncourt prize, under two pseudonyms, Romain Gary, then Emile Ajar.
(8) Davis Cup: Nick Kyrgios virus leaves door ajar for Lleyton Hewitt return Read more Kyrgios has been struck down by a virus while also struggling with a back injury which forced him to withdraw from his semi-final in Dubai last week.
(9) Sterling fell on the foreign exchanges after King's remarks to mark the publication of the Bank's quarterly inflation report were seen as keeping the door ajar for further moves to stimulate growth later in the year.
(10) And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction.
(11) The door was ajar and the blood-soaked walls and floor of the stairwell could be seen.
(12) Zlatan may be pre-demob-happy, a superstar who can see the exit door ajar in the distance.
(13) The door becomes ajar at 0-15 to Djokovic ... and then Wawrinka's serving slams it shut again.
(14) It has pledged to “capture more quickly the value we see” – which usually means running the business harder and ensuring the backdoor is not left ajar for opportunistic bidders.
(15) It should have been game over for City later on but Lewandowki's profligacy left the door ajar for Mancini's players and Balotelli took full advantage to leave the Dortmund players crestfallen at the end.
(16) The door was, however, left ajar for a potential Five deal.
(17) As if the window left ajar had seized on its hinge and couldn't quickly be shut again.
(18) The news prompted alarm in Britain's pension funds, which are concerned that QE pushes down interest rates and reduces the return on their investments, but Threadneedle Street left the door ajar for a further expansion of QE2 should the economy not respond.
(19) What they have discovered is that in many hospitals the door is more than ajar, and in a few it is already wide open.
(20) If that door has been closed, many in Hollywood are suddenly ajar, but for now Abdi remains remarkably level-headed about his newfound success.