stranger

Example Sentences

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The Canadian Premier League is no stranger to a moment of sporting history.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Later, a stranger gleefully approaches Kornev, convinced he knows him, and the effect is chilling — a glitch in the matrix in which human connection briefly flourishes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Just because a stranger gives you a button to press — in this case, several buttons in the form of phone numbers — it does not mean you should press them.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

Jane Magnusson recalled rescuing a first edition of Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” that her mother might otherwise have discarded or given to a stranger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Dad was standing almost at his ease, talking to a stranger.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck