surreal
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It offers a somewhat surreal vision of the Western U.S. and the many contradictions it contains—fame and loneliness, rural and urban, traditional and contemporary—in a sumptuous if disjointed collage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The first of Coscarelli’s “Phantasm” films was released in 1979 and was a surreal and supernatural thriller set in a small Oregon town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
"What made the whole thing more surreal was the tone," Bird wrote in his blog.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Having already lived a dreamlike existence in France, this was starting to feel surreal.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Then Red screamed at him and entered a perimeter near the bus where the light gave him a surreal visibility.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing surreal
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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