absurdity
Example Sentences
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Which is why some of the best moments in these shows are moments of absurdity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Fox responded on social media in a post that leaned into the absurdity of the situation rather than alarm.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
There might be a small touch of some discomfort or dissonance or awkwardness or absurdity or something.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Despite the absurdity of the whole fight, there was no bad blood as the self-styled "brothers" embraced at the end.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Otherwise there was nothing but betrayal, and that meant going back to serve Bledsoe, and Emerson, jumping from the pot of absurdity to the fire of the ridiculous.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Vocabulary lists containing absurdity
Stargirl
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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Vocabulary from the Sixth Democratic Debate, February 11, 2016
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