The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[memento]

Sitting at a table near the dance floor at the Benefit dance, LaShawn natters away to her husband and the Twists.

[southendmd]

Ennis thought he could outsmart Alma by telling her that Jack was his fishing buddy; it was far from the truth.

[Fran]

Uncle Harold was near death, and the prognosis was poor.

[memento]

After being near death with a poor prognosis, Uncle Harold recovered.

=aside= Fran
Thanks.

[Ellemeno]

The shofar that is blown on Pentecost is known as the "first shofar."  Each horned sheep* up on Brokeback provided the opportunity for two shofars.

*(Though traditionally, a shofar would have been made of a ram's horn, this is not mandatory.)

[Fran]

"Ang Lee films bear such scant resemblance to each other that it is hard to believe that they were fashioned by the same man.  Brokeback Mountain  is as far removed from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon  as it is possible to get.  There is not a single splashy effect in this bony western, yet it is easily the most affecting cinema the Asian auteur has made."

-- James Christopher, The Times   

[southendmd]

Aguirre told Jack that his uncle's health was far from good.

[memento]

Jack told Ennis that after whiffing the forty-two zapped sheep, he was nearly asphyxiated.

[memento]

Round 695!

More "Near" or "Far"

Posts will include an unplayed word as
 well as the word "near" or "far."

Words containing "near"

Words containing "far"

[Fran]

After assigning the herder job to Jack, Joe Aguirre said that he wanted him to sleep near the sheep to help reduce predator loss.