strangers

Example Sentences

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A sluggish residential real-estate market has driven desperate homeowners to ask strangers on the internet for their input.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Within hours, strangers began demanding he revise the story to claim the impact had come from intercepted missile fragments rather than a warhead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

It’s a place where people pause to chat up strangers on oak-and-magnolia-draped streets, a place where boutiques sell smocked baby dresses and shirts with phrases such as “Pearls Are Always Appropriate.”

From Slate • May 4, 2026

The lack of a reliable service hampers the ability of residents to get around, although the kindness of strangers can provide a lifeline.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

“They’re total strangers to me now! How could they not tell me?”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix