strangers

Example Sentences

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Some passengers shared small, quadruple-occupancy cabins with strangers, complete with bunk beds reminiscent of a cut-rate youth hostel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

It’s a place where people pause to chat up strangers on oak-and-magnolia-draped streets, a place where boutiques sell smocked baby dresses and shirts with phrases such as “Pearls Are Always Appropriate.”

From Slate • May 4, 2026

We dance, we chat with strangers, we dance with strangers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Fewer multigenerational households, declining community and religious engagement, even self-checkout lanes at the grocery store, all mean fewer opportunities to talk to relatives and strangers, Pfeifer says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Suspecting or already knowing who the two strangers were, Mrs. Quesenberry decided that this was too big a job to handle by herself.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson