incongruity

Example Sentences

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“I can see that happening. It’s not urgent,” he said, pointing out the incongruity of the ask when “you have more oil than almost anyone else.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

The incongruity of the lyrics and the peppy melody convey the pain she was experiencing at the height of her career.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Despite the incongruity, the car's autopilot grabs control and swerves into a ditch.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

One might also ponder the moral incongruity of Downey embracing an Oscar nomination for a performance designed to skewer such validations of reprehensible acts committed in the name of exercising one's craft.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2023

A dead bird is an incongruity, more startling than an unexpected live bird, sure evidence to the human mind that something has gone wrong.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas