unreality

Example Sentences

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The High Court ultimately described some of his submissions as having a "distinct air of unreality".

From BBC • May 24, 2025

It sticks with us because of how vividly it captured the hysterical unreality of living in a turbulent age, and how it picked at the scabs crusting over the face of the American dream.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2024

I think you can make somebody feel this kind of strange feeling of unreality in order to help people explain it and maybe control it a bit better.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2023

Some of the images’ textures are photorealistic, but most emphasize their computer-generated unreality, their unnatural angles and fake finishes, their eerie weightlessness.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

I sat forward in my chair, suddenly conscious of the unreality of the conversation.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison