strangeness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

So it’s taking things that are classic in spirit, but then giving a strangeness to it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Funny how neither film adaptation knew what to make of El Rey, dropping him and Thompson’s surreal depiction of hell; the book’s admirers swear by the ending’s strangeness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Some species and populations take this strangeness even further by producing seeds without fertilization -- a reproductive strategy that is extremely rare among plants.

From Science Daily • Dec. 20, 2025

It was comical, sure, but it also summed up the strangeness of the whole night.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

I remember thinking about the strangeness of this country: it is very cold outside and extremely hot inside.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah