How to Use unreal in a Sentence

unreal

adjective
  • The town seemed as unreal as a movie set.
  • The fashion model looked unreal, like a doll.
  • I think it's unreal that he survived the accident.
  • But some of these food prices are unreal.
    — Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • The air is fresh, the pace is calm, and the views are unreal.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But it's been, it's been just unreal.
    — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The air is fresh and clean, the pace is calm, and the views are unreal.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
  • The hubris from these guys is unreal if ur their partner.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Once out of the dome, my skin was unreal — dewy, plump, flushed, and glassy as hell.
    — Sable Yong, Allure, 15 Mar. 2020
  • Meeting your life-long love as a child at church may seem unreal.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
  • But this year, the bond between the boys had just been unreal.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • For the weight, the warmth is unreal, but the bag offers so much more.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2019
  • And, for that matter, things can be real and unreal at the same time.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The idea of even having a foot-by-foot space outdoors is unreal.
    — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Someone telling you that the person less than a foot away from you is dead is unreal.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The buzz has been unreal, with a dinner wait on weekends that’s about two hours.
    — Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 28 Nov. 2018
  • There, brilliant and unreal, the city had its life, as Brownsville was ours.
    — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
  • New York City is known for its chaos, but this still feels so unreal to me.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
  • There is an unreal pressure on everyone to be the first on a trend.
    — Abhinav Girdhar, Forbes, 18 July 2022
  • The unreal way the corona wafts around the moon in a thin flaming circle.
    — Joanne Spataro, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • There is a supreme fudge flavor and aroma to this beer and the cherry notes are unreal.
    — Em Sauter, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The other plies mirth and throws one hell of an unreal supper party.
    — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 16 Feb. 2017
  • The first day back, the elation of people coming in the front doors was unreal.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
  • Even Blash talked to their coach and that’s the main key — his work ethic this year was just unreal.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The first couple weeks of last March were pretty scary and unreal.
    — Bon Appétit, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Four hours one-on-one with Charlie and Tiger was just unreal.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • From the start, people sensed that there was something real and unreal about the movie.
    — Rich Cohen, WSJ, 23 May 2018
  • The dam itself is massive — concrete on a scale that feels unreal.
    — Ahmed Naji, The Dial, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Parents say the moments leading up to the crash still feel unreal.
    — Conor McGill, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • If so, a Foster — a run-and-hit stud — would be unreal value at this point.
    — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity.com, 26 Apr. 2017

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