outre
Example Sentences
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Sommer has been covering the grotesqueries of outré right-wing conspiracy culture for nearly a decade now.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
Like such previously outré Lanthimos features as “Dogtooth,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “The Lobster,” the movie is a bleak comedy that generates severe discomfort amid its absurdity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Without food, Bong’s work would lose the indelible humanity that even his most outré, provocative films hold as a point of pride.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025
But not all of Marlon’s brainstorms were so outré, and here is the Brando’s principal innovative success.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
He had seen them several times since—at the dinner-table, and elsewhere; but only at a distance, and without claiming the privilege of his outré introduction.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
Vocabulary lists containing outre
English Words Derived from French, List 10
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This Week In Culture: January 25–31, 2019
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The Call of Chtulhu
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