How to Use absurdity in a Sentence

absurdity

noun
  • There’s a kind of absurdity about it all.
    — Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
  • And that’s the absurdity of this whole thing.
    — NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
  • There is a level of absurdity to it that is just fun.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 1 June 2026
  • Many of us went along in the yearbook to the point of absurdity.
    — Alvin Chang, Vox, 28 Sep. 2018
  • There was an absurdity to it all that took the edge off the menace.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • And yet the absurdity didn’t stop there.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
  • The movie works, no question, even at the peak of its absurdity.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The work makes this absurdity plain.
    — Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Turning on late-night was an easy way to try to laugh at the absurdity and tragedy of life in the now.
    — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 28 Aug. 2020
  • And to have it all be set against the absurdity of them just being in their boxers.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Turn the absurdity up to 11 as well.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, the absurdity of the joke itself is part of its appeal.
    — Allie Volpe, refinery29.com, 18 May 2021
  • All the while, a trending audio track added to the absurdity of the scene.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
  • Askaripour has a sharp eye for the comic absurdity of online start-ups.
    — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2021
  • But let’s embrace the absurdity for now and look at what the Gothams hath wrought.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The absurdity of that claim speaks for itself.
    — Thomas Kennedy, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In the real world, his players had to see through its hot-and-cold absurdity.
    — Sam McDowell February 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the kind of hands-on absurdity that makes a road trip memorable.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • For her, a clear arc always has to confront the world’s absurdity.
    — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But what will grab the audience most is the absurdity.
    — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The absurdity doesn't end there.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
  • The growing absurdity of the whole thing is all that kept it from being mind-numbing.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2023
  • There is no fear, no tears; there is a feeling of absurdity from the actions of the human race!
    — Vogue, 14 Mar. 2022
  • That absurdity is a large part of what makes Panera lemonade a good meme.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 29 Dec. 2023
  • It’s clearly meant to to be a great flourish of troubling absurdity, but scans as goofy.
    — David Katz, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The risks Bender takes with absurdity pay off in rich and tender prose.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 15 Nov. 2021
  • For Chelsea’s fans, the sale draws an end to a season that at times blurred into absurdity.
    — New York Times, 24 May 2022
  • Drama, laughs, and a healthy dose of absurdity ensue.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Making it all the more surreal is the sheer absurdity of the scores so far this season.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Even more so than the original game, this version takes care to err on the side of absurdity and heart over anger and spite.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2022

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