surreal
Example Sentences
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"Hooped two putts coming in, and that was cool," Brown said, calling the long putt at the last "surreal".
From Barron's
The surreal prospect of U.S. and European allies shooting at each other on Greenland sent stock and bond markets sliding, arousing fears that European investors in U.S. government debt could back away.
The writer of Hamnet has described her Oscar nomination for the film's screenplay as "very surreal".
From BBC
Where to watch: In theaters Nominated for: Costume design, visual effects What we said: “Viewed in ultra-crisp high frame rate, ‘Fire and Ash’ feels so overwhelmingly real that it circles back around to surreal.”
From Los Angeles Times
Manatees weren’t dangerous, but seeing this one here, now, in the pool on the roof of a building, was totally surreal.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
