incongruous

Example Sentences

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Trump was barely more measured in a series of interactions with the media in the incongruous setting of an Easter Egg Roll at the White House on Monday.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Julie is intended as a fairly good-natured, warmly attractive and decidedly incongruous gunslinger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

“It was OK, but it was incongruous, getting us nowhere, and in the end we had no money, no nothing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

It is an incongruous scene, which belies the political significance of the location.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

My mother will turn up on their doorsteps, wearing slacks, carrying a bouquet of weeds, incongruous.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood