strangeness
noun
strange·ness
ˈstrānj-nəs 
1
: the quality or state of being strange
2
: the flavor characterizing a strange quark
Examples of strangeness in a Sentence
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Is this a comment on the everyday strangeness of existence?
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
But every time Civil War injects a touch of that colorful strangeness, there’s also a bracing dose of realism.
—EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Interpretation is interwoven with the sheer, thingy strangeness of the object, and can’t be ripped out.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
For example, some folks are hiding secrets which are relatively mundane but could cause a scandal in a small town like this, others have strangeness entries which detail supernatural occurences and a few have both.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Time will tell if there’s more strangeness beneath the surface.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
In large part because of its strangeness, Palworld has surprisingly become among the year’s first, and loudest, blockbuster gaming successes.
—Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
In this dispatch for The Paris Review, Lichtman recounts the strangeness of the experience, which starts in the parking lot.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 9 Jan. 2024
Williams sees the strangeness of people, and her stories engage with the spiritual and with the natural world.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
But every time Civil War injects a touch of that colorful strangeness, there’s also a bracing dose of realism.
—EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Interpretation is interwoven with the sheer, thingy strangeness of the object, and can’t be ripped out.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
For example, some folks are hiding secrets which are relatively mundane but could cause a scandal in a small town like this, others have strangeness entries which detail supernatural occurences and a few have both.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Time will tell if there’s more strangeness beneath the surface.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
In large part because of its strangeness, Palworld has surprisingly become among the year’s first, and loudest, blockbuster gaming successes.
—Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
In this dispatch for The Paris Review, Lichtman recounts the strangeness of the experience, which starts in the parking lot.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 9 Jan. 2024
Williams sees the strangeness of people, and her stories engage with the spiritual and with the natural world.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangeness. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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