stranger
Example Sentences
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Though sometimes moody and no stranger to tantrums, Tilson Thomas once stormed off the Hollywood Bowl stage to protest noise from a police helicopter — and won applause for the stunt.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
It can be a competitor, a political ally or a stranger with a random grievance.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Now into the mix comes a divinely handsome stranger who bonds with Adora when they happen to sit next to each other at the ballet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Swan, herself no stranger to the wellness-podcast circuit, was careful to insert the caveat that the film is “not a quote-unquote ‘scientific study.’
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
He was something of an orator, and said in a carrying voice, “Mr. Hammond, as a welcome stranger among us, you’re to have the first shot.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing stranger
"Encounter"
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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, List 1
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"Old World New World" and "The Log of Christopher Columbus"
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