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How to use strange in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, verb, noun

Strange means not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation. Example: “He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.”

Examples of strange by meaning

adjectiveNot normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.

  • He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.

adjectiveUnfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

  • I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
  • 'I'm sure I should have never mentioned anything of the kind to three strange gentlemen if you hadn't dragged it out of me.'1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 105
  • She's probably sitting there hoping a couple of strange detectives will drop in.1955 October, Rex Stout, “The Next Witness”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam, published 1994, →ISBN, pages 48–49

adjectiveOutside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.

  • When AIDS and Herpes hit the street Talib stopped fucking with strange pussy and stray pussy.2006, Black Butch Malone, Streetwise: N.Y. YO, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 47
  • Arnett might have come to Boston to eat baked beans, get some strange ass, or stick up the First New England Trust, the motive mattered little to him—whatever the boss wanted to do was jake-okay by him.2009, David Karcher, Winter Kill, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 239
  • "You just need some strange dick, that's all.” Maureen rolled her eyes and gave her friend an exasperated look.2014, Mary Monroe, Lost Daughters, Kensington Books, →ISBN

nounSex outside of one's current relationship.

  • It was a bar by license, but in hiring practice it became an intergalactic smorgasbord of xenosexual delights, females of fancy species serving drinks and offering cultural exchange to human males seeking some strange.2010, Larry Doyle, “Back Seat Dating”, in Go, Mutants!: A Novel, 1st edition (Fiction), HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 123
  • All he has to do is walk into a bar, and he can get some Strange.'” “Oh yeah, Tom,” I mutter, “that's exactly how it was, every Saturday night.2017, J.D. Kleinke, Dudeville

More sentences with strange

  • She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.From the entry drug
  • She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.From the entry drug
  • It felt really strange to be back in my old kindergarten.From the entry feel
  • There's a strange story running around the neighborhood that you had a miscarriage last year.From the entry run
  • My eye struck a strange word in the text. They soon struck the trail.From the entry strike
  • There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.From the entry quiet
  • Strange bangings in the old house were ascribed to a poltergeist.From the entry banging
  • I kept returning there because I felt a strange attraction towards the place.From the entry attraction
  • He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds.From the entry med
  • I was somewhat unseated by the strange noises outside my window.From the entry unseat
  • The computer had a bunch of strange components, but it still POSTed so I assumed everything worked.From the entry post
  • The strange new star was at the edge of the observable universe.From the entry observable
  • The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.From the entry boggle
  • I ran the grammar checker on my novel, but the strange names confused it.From the entry grammar checker
  • During the haunting, strange voices and noises were heard and objects flew off tables.From the entry haunting
  • I have seen many strange things in my saunterings around London.From the entry sauntering
  • Some strange noises were coming from up above, but I continued to climb.From the entry up above
  • This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.From the entry business
  • The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.From the entry wake
  • I shone my flashlight on the strange inscription.From the entry flashlight
  • There was a strange appearance in the sky.From the entry appearance
  • (figuratively) A strange feeling came over me.From the entry over
  • He had a strange taste in his mouth.From the entry taste
  • He said that the strange beings then took him aboard their unidentified flying object and examined his body.From the entry unidentified flying object
  • The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people.From the entry monster
  • The strange man hovered outside the gents’ toilet.From the entry hover
  • I'm in a strange place at the moment.From the entry place
  • That nightclub is a nest of strange people!From the entry nest
  • I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.From the entry phobia
  • The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.From the entry feeling
  • As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.From the entry throat

Meaning of strange

  1. adjective Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
  2. adjective Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
  3. adjective Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.

Full definition of strange

Questions about strange in a sentence

How do you use strange in a sentence?
Strange is used as an adjective, verb and noun. For example: “He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.”
What is a short sentence with strange?
“(figuratively) A strange feeling came over me.”
What does strange mean?
Strange means not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: strange (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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