How to Use surreal in a Sentence
surreal
adjective
- The whole thing was completely surreal.
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So, yes, just the scale of the thing is so surreal now.
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Clark Collis,
EW.com,
6 Nov. 2020
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The surreal, the meta ... and the sublime clumsiness of the young and horny.
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Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2023
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There's no need to get out of bed when the view is this surreal.
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Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2022
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There is always beauty to be found in the bizarre, the surreal and the weird.
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Joey Morona,
cleveland,
3 Nov. 2022
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That was the surreal scene at the Capitol one year ago this week.
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ABC News,
2 Jan. 2022
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Maybe even more surreal was the effort to then get the show back on track.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2022
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And the image of the corpses thawing out in the middle of the town ice rink just looks surreal.
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Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2024
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And the wider region is on the edge of its seat as those surreal scenes flash on its screens.
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Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN,
1 Sep. 2021
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Nycole: think the word that speaks to that most is: surreal.
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Rashad Grove,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2021
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Over the course of the evening, speakers filed in one-by-one to stand behind a lectern and face a surreal scene.
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Washington Post,
10 Aug. 2021
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Rachel Ogechi Kanu and Cathy Ang, who play friends of the duo, said being on the set was surreal.
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Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2022
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There are like, these big highs of like, ‘This is so surreal.
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Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
11 July 2024
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The whole process of making and recording the song and video with such an icon has been very surreal.
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Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE.com,
18 July 2019
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For Dampier, these last three weeks have been surreal, the stuff of dreams.
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Richard Obert,
The Arizona Republic,
11 Dec. 2021
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In the grand scheme of coaching, this is just like a surreal moment.
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Noah Trister,
baltimoresun.com,
21 Dec. 2021
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Just to see his face, talk to him a little bit, was surreal for us.
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Helene St. James,
Detroit Free Press,
3 Jan. 2023
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Trinket had a penchant for the surreal and the bizarre, and wore more than one McQueen piece in the films.
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José Criales-Unzueta,
Vogue,
10 Nov. 2023
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It’s kind of a dream and very surreal to be sitting here right now to sing this song with you.
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Thania Garcia,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2022
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The past six months of Laufey’s life have been nothing less than surreal.
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Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2024
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Stacey: There’s a lot of clapping for a long time, but just surreal.
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2024
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That one still, a decade and a half later, feels surreal.
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Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
15 July 2022
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The video landed around the world with a surreal flutter of light and sound, just as David Lynch promised.
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Steve Appleford,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2024
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Seeing the boys in the dugout cheering me on was a surreal moment.
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Jeff Sanders,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
28 July 2017
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Seeing the hoodoos covered in a shroud of fresh snow is surreal.
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National Geographic,
19 Aug. 2019
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This was kind of a big deal, not to mention a surreal surprise.
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Graeme McMillan,
WIRED,
22 Apr. 2018
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The resort is a surreal spa for survivors of the worst attack against Jews since the Holocaust.
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William Booth,
Washington Post,
18 Nov. 2023
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Amid your rise and all of your success, what have been the most surreal moments?
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Katie Bain,
Billboard,
11 July 2024
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Puzzles range from the surreal, like finding a clearly out-of-time object to appease a ghost, to practical, like finding key cards and fixing the building’s HVAC.
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Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2024
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Highlights include a surreal scene in which a man is buried alive and an unforgettable climax involving the literal blood of Christ.
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Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
28 Oct. 2024
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