absurdity
Example Sentences
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Parr died in early December aged 73, having spent his life documenting Britain and the world with an unflinching eye that often captured the absurdity and shallowness of modern existence.
From Barron's
“They are going to get you two euros at a time. There is a degree of absurdity,” he said.
Ms. Allen concedes their regionalism but argues that they were wiser for understanding that a “provincial backwater offers as full a panoply of human folly, nobility, tragedy, and absurdity as any great metropolis.”
She blinked at the absurdity of it and glanced at Sue, who looked as stunned as she was.
From Literature
An AI-tribute to the fallen, posted on Jan. 4, represents that breed of absurdity’s apex.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
