strangeness

Example Sentences

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So it’s taking things that are classic in spirit, but then giving a strangeness to it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

His tableaux don’t always succeed, but when they do, their strangeness hints at things beyond ordinary ken.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Some species and populations take this strangeness even further by producing seeds without fertilization -- a reproductive strategy that is extremely rare among plants.

From Science Daily • Dec. 20, 2025

It was comical, sure, but it also summed up the strangeness of the whole night.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

If this was strange, it was only part of the strangeness of this place and of his presence in it.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin