perfect stranger

Example Sentences

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Tumbling into the BBC's Maida Vale studios, the band are boisterous and charming, the sort of people to greet a perfect stranger like a long-lost cousin.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

Normally, I am hesitant to commit to a lengthy first date with a perfect stranger, but I absolutely love theater, and quite frankly, I was both intrigued and delighted by the gesture.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2019

But for Kate, who works as an elf at a Christmas shop, meeting a perfect stranger on the job proves the gig might be far more than just a quick paycheck.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2019

That morning, in the local coffee shop, a perfect stranger asked me if I was that out-of-town fellow who was going to be sleeping on Jean’s couch that evening.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2019

She marveled that there had been a time when she had almost gladly given a perfect stranger everything she had, but now found it hard to send her own mother a dollar.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson