strangers

Example Sentences

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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

Sitting beside him was Rachael Schultz, 35, who had to ask strangers on bicycles for directions.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

In a stroke of good luck for Booth, for unknown reasons Samuel Mudd’s cousin George failed to ride into town to report the strangers to the cavalry.

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