absurdity
Example Sentences
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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
When presented without theatrical aspect but as a private process of the imagination, it becomes a lavishly lovable antidote to our too often accepting the world’s absurdity only as dooms-scrollable tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 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
Pascal Confavreux, a ministry spokesman, phrased it more diplomatically: “We use irony and humor to deliver a punch and create deterrence by exposing the absurdity of the claims made by those who attack us.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
For. several moments we all stared at our cold eggs and pancakes and thought about the absurdity of the situation.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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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