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Example sentences for: kafkaesque
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A story on the IRS hearings (which were filled with taxpayers' stories of "Kafkaesque torments") concludes that the IRS wields too much power with too little accountability.
One could write a longish essay on the allusions conjured up by the words Dickensian, Kafkaesque , and Orwellian , yet none of these (among thousands of others) are represented.
Directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, it's a mishmash of Hong Kong sword-fighting ghost epics, Kafkaesque virtual reality fantasies, Cronenbergian visions of cybernetically enhanced flesh, Alice in Wonderland surrealism, post-apocalyptic urban grunge, Terminator -like battles of man vs. machine, and portentous lumpen-Zen posturing ("I can only show you the door.
Meanwhile, Joe lurches from one unnerving mission to the next: a trip to Oxford to meet Logan's furious widow; a Kafkaesque visit to the local police station; a sinister expedition to buy a gun from some aging hippies.