incongruousness
Example Sentences
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“It’s this incongruousness of an 85-year-old Jewish grandmother who is speaking truth to power.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2020
And predictably, the media narratives around the women in these stories hinges on the incongruousness of it all.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2018
It’s precisely that incongruousness, combined with Samberg’s genuine musical abilities, that makes him such an inspired choice in the role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2016
In German sentiment, which runs over so easily into sentimentalism, a foreigner cannot help being struck with a certain incongruousness.
From Among My Books First Series by James Russell Lowell
He occasionally alluded to the circumstances in which they had formerly met, and remarked the incongruousness between the religion and habits of a Spaniard, with those of a native of Britain.
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown
