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

For Tinashe, the incongruity of being the kind of person who has their Zoom camera off a day after they sang about seduction, repulsion and red flags in front of thousands seems the entire point.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

The tool works through an algorithm which assesses incongruity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 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

Perhaps it was just the incongruity of seeing him aloft and stricken, since he was by nature someone who carried others.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles