surreal

Example Sentences

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"It's been a while since I watched BTS perform. I'm excited to be going to a BTS concert, but it still seems a bit surreal."

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

It felt surreal, and Jessica says she was slow to process the news.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The current “Comeback” storyline is the brighter side of the “AI Doc” coin in that Al’s glitches are surreal and hilarious at worst.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

The family flew back to Charlotte and DeCarlo went back to work at Home Depot, living with the surreal feeling of what he had been through.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

They lived a surreal, quasi-adult existence, becoming sober straphangers as many of their peers were getting drunk at frat parties.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz