stranger
Example Sentences
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The case pitted McGlockton’s right to defend his family from a threatening stranger against Drejka’s right to initiate a confrontation over a parking spot and then to mete out justice according to his own whim.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
Turns out that stranger is no stranger at all.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
As he poured the traditional cup of wine for the prophet, Rabbi Aft reminded his community that Elijah wanders the earth disguised as a stranger, testing humanity’s capacity for hospitality, compassion and kindness.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
For Borel, the case grew even stranger a few days after the heist, when a man approached him at the inn’s bar.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
“Well, I suppose I should be upset by the intrusion. Then again, it didn’t feel much like an intrusion. I simply talked and the stranger listened. An ideal arrangement, in my books.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing stranger
"Encounter"
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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, List 1
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