Example sentences for: absurdity

How can you use “absurdity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • An omniscient spellbinder who was also cynical and limited--that's not the worst legacy a filmmaker can have, especially one who gave us some of our culture's most enduring visions of the absurdity of war, both satirical ( Dr. Strangelove ) and gruelingly earnest ( Paths of Glory ).

  • But Novak's absurdity lies in linking totalitarian programs of extermination to onerous regulations in contemporary Europe and the United States.

  • Could Jennifer--who apparently managed to put three bullets into her lovely brain--have killed herself because of the absurdity of the simultaneously expanding and contracting universe?

  • He asks New Hampshire voters "to give me a come-from-behind upset victory here," and then, after Bradley points out the absurdity of Gore's plea--"Al, your underdog pitch brings tears to my eyes"--Gore repeats his claim that it would be an "upset victory."

  • Multistate suits add another layer of absurdity: the states reinventing the wheel of federalism by attempting to act in unison.


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