strangers

Example Sentences

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Some passengers shared small, quadruple-occupancy cabins with strangers, complete with bunk beds reminiscent of a cut-rate youth hostel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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

We dance, we chat with strangers, we dance with strangers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Sitting beside him was Rachael Schultz, 35, who had to ask strangers on bicycles for directions.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The family may have been nice, but they were still strangers and they weren’t his mom.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman