strangers

Example Sentences

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She says they were pitched as giving single people "access to a virtually infinite pool of strangers" and sparing them "from the possibility of rejection".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

A year and a half out, it seems a million years away, and I dread the day we pass each other somewhere in the city we both still live in and pretend to be strangers.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

As Kidd looks around and watches strangers become friends over a sniff of musk or jasmine, he reflects on part of the magic of the Smellers Club and other fragrance communities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

He had to get used to living in a big city again, where strangers pressed up against him on a crowded subway.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Mom was not a fan of strangers snooping through our stuff—POP.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas