How to Use surrealism in a Sentence

surrealism

noun
  • If the first part was shot like sci fi on some alien world, these scenes are sheer surrealism.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2017
  • And then there are bouts of surrealism weaved throughout the film.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Still, for him and for others, surrealism was often a genre too far.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Bisignano has now reimagined these pieces with a healthy dose of tongue-in-cheek surrealism.
    — Andrew Sessa, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Twin Peaks now has made surrealism less of a tool and more of an objective.
    — Daniel D’addario, Time, 22 May 2017
  • Pure surrealism is available, in text form, as emoji, or with the help of Garfield.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2022
  • There’s a kind of a hyperrealism there and a kind of surrealism there.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2019
  • There was also more than a dose of humor and surrealism to the 48-strong display.
    — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Indeed, one aches for the whimsy of Gondry or the surrealism of Buñuel.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 10 July 2025
  • There is the author’s trademark ironic distance and careful wit, as well as tinges of surrealism.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 19 June 2021
  • The sale will take place on May 14 and comes as surrealism is having a moment in the creative fields.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 May 2022
  • The world of Pee-wee is full of this loopy surrealism that could veer into innuendo but never got dark.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Talk about high-drama surrealism.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The fourth episode proves the series can genuinely shock, too, veering past cheeky surrealism into the dark web of true horror.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • One of her favorite artists is Salvador Dali, a famous surrealism artist.
    — Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2024
  • Textures glimmered with the surrealism of gaming skins.
    — Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Together, all the symbols combine in the spirit of surrealism at home.
    — Eleanor Cording-Booth, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Lynch, who helped popularize surrealism in TV and film, has died.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Magnum’s post detailed some of the ways in which dreams and surrealism are an integral part of the event’s experience.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Part of that surrealism is in the dialogue and mannerisms of the characters.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The ambiguous language of surrealism may be the perfect one in which to have those conversations, too.
    — Cath Pound, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • With respect to style in terms of composition and point of view, I was influenced by surrealism.
    — Sarah Begley, Time, 18 Dec. 2017
  • My own choice in favor of surrealism or anti-realism was of that same kind, instinctively.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Magritte’s surrealism wasn’t an eruption of the unconscious the way, say, Salvador Dalí’s was.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
  • As the three cross paths later in Paris, Dupontel blends surrealism and crime drama in this epic story of the brutal scars left by the war.
    — Loren King, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2018
  • Imagine, for instance, an AI trying to invent the concept of surrealism in art.
    — Rob Reilly, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The surrealism in the video is clearly an extension of the shoot that created it, and the band embraced it even through the more unorthodox moments.
    — Bryan Kress, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The film is a blend of surrealism, drama, rap, dance and music; showcasing talents and voices that both call to the roots of their art and lean toward its future.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Large neon constructions added a sense of surrealism as DJ Timo Weiland turned tracks.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Rulfo had read William Faulkner and was aware of surrealism with its emphasis on dreams and the unconscious.
    — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017

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