absurdity
Example Sentences
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A passage in which an argument erupts over which nearby shop sells the best donuts, for instance, descends into absurdity when Mr. Eddy suddenly rises from his state of near-unconsciousness to offer his opinion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
"Perhaps the real absurdity lies not in imagining a tool-using cow, but in assuming such a thing could never exist."
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
"It is pure intention: if there is chaos, it is authored chaos: if it is ugly, it is designed ugliness; if it is absurd, it is willed absurdity."
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
At once, they confront the absurdity of the relationship between absence and presence, and subvert expectations through Lee’s striking approach to scale.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
She almost laughed at the absurdity of it.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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