How to Use strange in a Sentence

strange

adjective
  • The language was strange to me.
  • He gave me a strange look.
  • Children are taught not to talk to strange people.
  • The strange thing is that nobody saw him enter or leave the building.
  • Does his behavior seem strange to you?
  • It's strange that nobody told me about this before.
  • That's strange. He was here a minute ago.
  • That is one of the strangest creatures I have ever seen.
  • Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.
  • Strange as it may seem, I don't like walking barefoot on the grass.
  • That struck me as very strange.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Things then get stranger and stranger.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • So why does your gut feel strange?
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • This was a strange new world for me.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • My heart breaks for them in a strange way.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Arthur Harari knows his case is strange.
    — Ben Croll, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
  • But the strangest case from that year is Mendy.
    — Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This slim, strange punch of a book turns a trio on its head.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The skin-to-skin scene at the end is so scary and strange.
    — William Earl, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This is a strange way of running.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Mar. 2026
  • But also a strange sort of grief.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Love is a strange thing to define.
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026
  • That may seem like a strange nuisance.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • Brekke is no stranger to pushing back.
    — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • But the new public was stranger than that.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Davies is no stranger to dealing with hate.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Space does strange things to the human mind.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Saying those words puts me in a strange mood.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This feedback loop can bear strange fruit.
    — Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This is, to put it mildly, strange.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026

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