How to Use absurdist in a Sentence

absurdist

adjective
  • Some of the emails read like absurdist tone poems.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Make a video game filled with absurdist comedy that pokes fun at it, of course.
    — Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Yet absurdist echoes from her onetime status still chased her.
    — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
  • With its weighty themes and absurdist humor, the cartoon appealed to adults and kids alike.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The book also shares with Park’s films a pitch-dark, absurdist humor.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • In the early weeks of the war, Ukrainians found salve in dark absurdist humor.
    — Nicola Fegg, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The sketch is absurdist and overall just okay, but there are some good jokes, including the visual gag.
    — Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • So instead, here is a spotlight on five zines that range from literary pieces to absurdist takes on a colonoscopy.
    — Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 17 June 2017
  • Its tone shifts from absurdist to serious to satirical and back again.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 24 May 2025
  • But Ackman’s koan is also correct in a more absurdist way.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
  • The entire script is packed with line-after-line of absurdist comedy.
    — Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 13 June 2019
  • But this just shows you how every debate there is wrenched into this absurdist distortion.
    — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Which brings us to the absurdist creation called the performance crossover.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The Olympics will always stage absurdist theater.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The saga that ensued involved absurdist twists and turns that can be described only as Kafkaesque.
    — Martine Powers, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The sleeping brain runs its absurdist-movie loop all night long, always taking care to conceal what’s behind it.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 May 2017
  • Creed became a staple of absurdist comic relief throughout the show’s run.
    — Omar Sanchez, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Tim Robinson returns for a third season of some of the best absurdist comedy in decades.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 1 May 2023
  • Kevin has always had an absurdist, grotesque British undercurrent to his work.
    — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2009
  • It’s brought to life with absurdist, gory glee, with the film turning into a B-picture scream fest for a few minutes.
    — Lindsey Bahr, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The absurdist parable set is in a dystopian alternate timeline and world that look and feel very much like ours, but slightly off.
    — Katie Walsh, kansascity, 12 July 2018
  • Male street-style subjects—those brave souls fighting for our freedom on the absurdist front lines of menswear—are starting to embrace the trend.
    — Max Berlinger, GQ, 21 June 2017
  • Beats that might once have been framed through a hazy, absurdist lens now play as something much more fatalistic and frightening.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
  • And that’s a good thing, because the duo has only just begun to depict their absurdist vision of the industry.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 12 June 2025
  • Known for his absurdist, one-liner style delivery, Hedberg was beloved by fans and fellow comics alike.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Lynch always was the master absurdist, both in the director’s chair and in interviews.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The trademark Peaks-ian absurdist humor, the feeling of being trapped in the misty wilds with a gaggle of weirdos, is back.
    — Rachel Syme, New Republic, 10 July 2017
  • This is absurdist theater partly because Godot never shows up and thus the men cannot fulfill their purpose in life.
    — Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • At least as regards the absurdist side of Monk’s life, the side that is wrestling with perceptions of race and identity and all of that.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The vignettes of heartbreak and hustling come with absurdist wit and an outstanding selection of beats.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026

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