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

Funny how neither film adaptation knew what to make of El Rey, dropping him and Thompson’s surreal depiction of hell; the book’s admirers swear by the ending’s strangeness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 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

He felt as though she were the center of this small, surreal galaxy—indeed, that it was she who was dreaming him, and not the other way around.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor