unreal

Example Sentences

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"It used to be like fog-like," he tells the BBC, adding that walking into a pub for the first time without the omnipresent cloud felt "unreal".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Her voice, paired with Mr. Carey’s writing, creates a beguiling audio backstory for a woman whom time has rendered as unreal as one of her waxen figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Those glimpses of humanity had a way of rendering the mercenary atmosphere in the tent city incredibly disorienting—almost unreal.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

But the characters are expressive, and the medium is used to unreal ends, which is, after all, what cartoons are good for.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

There were more lines, more waits, more shuffling from desk to desk, but already the camp and its procedures had become unreal to me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom