strangers

Example Sentences

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Gate receipts have fallen in some places, Damon said, because locals won’t turn out for a team of strangers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

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

She was a sunburst in the rift of strangers.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas