unreality

Example Sentences

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But they are facing threats from all sides: A vengeful president; a distracted and disengaged audience used to endless scrolling and pop-pop-pops of entertainment; the creeping unreality of A.I.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026

"Mr Bridgen's case as pleaded and evidenced so far does not have an obvious quality of unreality," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

But by that point, the reunion has already taken on a peculiar sadness, a tinge of unreality that only a cruel shock of daylight and the tears on your pillow will be able to explain.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023

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

There was an air of unreality to it all, as if the situation would somehow, someway, magically fix itself.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger