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

At forty he looked back at the time when the incongruousness, the abnormality and the unsteadiness of the foundations on which such personages stood first struck him.

From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

It was only after he had sent off Madame's man-of-all-work with it that the incongruousness of challenging so old a man struck him.

From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)