unreal

Example Sentences

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Mr. Ridgway combines an exact sense of setting—one could take a walking tour of the streets he names—with the spare, unreal atmosphere of an allegory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Others, however, warn that the fluid nature of filmmaking makes rigid eight-hour shifts "unreal" to enforce on mega-budget sets.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Roman Dubowski said winning the ITV game show, which is hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, was "unreal", adding that he "had to have a cup of tea" afterwards and "let it sink in".

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Those glimpses of humanity had a way of rendering the mercenary atmosphere in the tent city incredibly disorienting—almost unreal.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Nothing moved in the dark sky or on that dry unreal ground that went on and on into gathering darkness all around the boat as far as eye could see.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin