Example sentences for: surreal

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

  • It has to be said that if one attempts a literal translation of many Chinese placenames one simply ends up with a sense that is surreal rather than suitable.

  • It provides a uniquely gorgeous setting — if not slightly surreal — for the summertime festivals of classical drama, music, and film.

  • This milieu isn't much of a stretch for the French director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who (with Marc Caro) made the squishy horror picture Delicatessen (1991) and City of Lost Children (1995), a surreal hybrid of Terry Gilliam and David Lynch.

  • The period between 1959 and 1965 was a surreal time of government by means of slogans and Orwellian acronyms.

  • Harford procures these items from the proprietor of a surreal costume shop and then takes a cab to a wooded estate.


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