incongruously

Example Sentences

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Incongruously, the first words she speaks are: “Another heavenly day.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2019

Incongruously, they will be drafting 20th overall in 2019, uncommonly low for a team in tear-down mode.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2018

Incongruously, on the same hillsides, near swaths stripped bare by the surging mud, fully intact homes still stand, with untouched, lush vegetation.

From Time • Aug. 17, 2017

Incongruously, it took place in the teaching hospital’s large, tiered lecture theatre; there were hundreds of us, lined up in anxious rows, like barren students.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2015

Incongruously, beside him, a green-skinned pixie girl is dressed in what appears to be a pearl-gray slip dress and heavy lace-up boots—obviously mortal clothes.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black