How to Use the absurd in a Sentence

the absurd

noun
  • Here’s where things take a turn for the absurd.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The grotesque and the absurd demand their place in the halls of power, too.
    — Phil Klay, Time, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Trump casts a long shadow and has a way of making the absurd mundane.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But it’s taken to the absurd of what a subway system could be like.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Not everyone was a fan of the absurd stunts his raucous show was known for.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But there is also humor running through all his work, and a keen eye for the absurd.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
  • And that's precisely why Jenks went for the absurd plan.
    — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The first step, to judge by the absurd crew onstage, will be to change the storytellers.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • And to put out into the world the absurd notion that the brothers were lovers is the height of pure evil.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Marylanders are all too familiars with the absurd costs of heath care in our state.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Monsef suggests that maybe the absurd and uncanny can bring change.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
  • This is amusing stuff, well served by Coogan’s knack for haughty composure in the face of the absurd.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Enrigue has a penchant for shooting the facts of history through a prism of the absurd.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is beyond the absurd.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Take away the absurd traveling that’s allowed.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Often, that means leaning into the absurd.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Sennott has a keen eye for the absurd workings of the influencer world, not to mention some great jokes about it.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But the artist’s talent for the absurd translated to this week’s comedy too.
    — Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Her writing embraces the absurd, tackling race and identity through a comedic lens.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
  • This is where the story passes beyond demagoguery and deceit and heads for the absurd.
    — Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Of all of the absurd litigation prompted by the paranoid man in charge, this has to be the most ridiculous.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • As such, Adams’ stories of life in the cabin swing from the terrifying to the absurd.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
  • And the absurd plot to steal it and auction it off at Christie’s actually happened.
    — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 July 2023
  • In the absurd way that such sideshows get blown out of proportion, this one briefly became fodder for the endless squabble.
    — Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Videos on Sora range from the absurd to the delightful to the confusing.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But his relaxed commitment to the absurd is so casual and simple and profound all at the same time.
    — EW.com, 3 Nov. 2023
  • This moment begins the show’s downward spiral into the absurd.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Tesori was fine, but in that moment, the absurd and the existential collided.
    — Gordon Cox, Variety, 31 May 2023
  • That was the absurd question that ran through this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Hiaasen’s books are animated in equal measure by righteous anger and a penchant for the absurd.
    — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025

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