How to use strangely in a sentence

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• I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.From the entry body
• The person of interest is a middle-aged man seen acting strangely in the security camera's video.From the entry middle-aged
• Bright red light filled the room, it was eye-searing, yet strangely familiar.From the entry eye-searing
• He’s acting strangely—I think there’s something wrong with him.From the entry act
• He put the strangely shaped rock in his curiosity cabinet.From the entry curiosity
• “This direct and strangely spelt response then seemed to be from the future.2021 November 17, Nostalgia Nerd, 14:57 from the start, in This Mysterious Computer Could Prove Time Travel Exists | Nostalgia Nerd…. From the entry timeslip
• Then strangely all the other guys showed up with beards, too, unasked for.2017 April 14, Margy Rochlin, quoting Justin Theroux, “Justin Theroux on ‘The Leftovers,’ Lustrous Beards and Lego Ninjas”, in The New…. From the entry unasked for
• Now, Oscar was the most wonderful pet; attentive, affectionate, strangely thoughtful for a cat, a purrfect cat.2015, Marty Whelan, That’s Life, Gill & Macmillan, →ISBN. From the entry purrfect
• It sounds three stops short of Dagenham (Barking), but, strangely, it works.2014 June 19, Emma Hughes, “Town Mouse on some Cupcakes with a Difference”, in Mark Hedges, editor, Country Life, London: TI Media, →ISSN…. From the entry three stops short of Dagenham
• Strangely instead, it’s the humble garbage-collector on the receiving end of the vitriol.2011 April 9, Ken Lewenza, “Counterpoint: Fury of poor would erupt without unions”, in National Post, volume 13, number 138, Toronto…. From the entry garbage-collector
• “It was so neighborhoody and lovely, but it was impractical” and felt strangely isolated.2009 February 22, Joyce Cohen, “Finding Value, Despite a Droopy Market”, in New York Times. From the entry neighborhoody
• For a book with such a strongly biocentric worldview, “The Wauchula Woods Accord” is strangely Siebert-centric.2009 August 2, Elizabeth Royte, “Roger and Me”, in New York Times. From the entry biocentric
• But 'Marcus?' – a strangely Latinate name for someone born in Sighthill. ('Aspirational mother, boss,' he said.2008, Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry Marcus
• The man in the tarboosh turned finally and nodded in a strangely familiar way.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1215. From the entry tarboosh
• Amid these self-revelations, though, a couple of the stories here seem strangely out of place.2006 August 18, Patricia Cohen, “Dorothy Gallagher’s Clear-Eyed Self-Revelations”, in The New York Times. From the entry self-revelation
• My pagri gives me away and I feel that people react strangely to it.2005, Edith Samuel, Integrative Racism: South Asians in Canadian Academe, University of Toronto Press, page 89. From the entry pagri
• In all, the Fronierland that Disney Imagineers designed for France was new and strangely sophisticated.2000, Andrew Lainsbury, Once Upon an American Dream: The Story of Euro Disneyland, University Press of Kansas, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry imagineer
• We often do not know why certain choices are just not on, and others so strangely attractive.1998, Simon Blackburn, Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning, page 124. From the entry not on
• Both characters are strangely, and emasculatingly, dependent on the objects of their fixation.1998, Deborah Vlock, Dickens, Novel Reading, and the Victorian Popular Theatre, page 35. From the entry emasculatingly
• Deeper down he felt strangely like Goldilocks in the old kids’ story.1995, Stephen King, “The Manta Ray”, in Rose Madder, London: BCA [Book Club Associates], →OCLC, section 1, page 119. From the entry housie
• Dag and I are drying glasses, a strangely restful activity, and we're listening to Mr.1991, Douglas Coupland, “Celebrities Die”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 111. From the entry shtick
• Some had illustrated their cards in crayon, and I found these drawings strangely moving.1988, John Hildebrand, Reading the River: A Voyage Down the Yukon, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 137. From the entry stickwoman
• I looked across at Anna, and I noticed that her eyes had grown strangely blank, without expression.1952, Daphne Du Maurier, “Monte Verità”, in The Apple Tree. From the entry prattle
• The picturesque, bemoccasined woodrangers, usually spoiling for a fight, were now strangely apathetic.1948, DeCost Smith, Martyrs of the Oblong and Little Nine, Caxton Printers, Ltd., page 194. From the entry bemoccasined
• Genevievans, strangely enough, are intimately acquainted with the remarkable beauty of their own county.1930 May 24, “See Our County First Should Be Citizens Slogan”, in Fair Play, volume LVIX, number 5, Ste. Genevieve, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Ste. Genevievan
• He tried to think out what those two men had which so strangely attracted her.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LXXVIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC. From the entry blatant
• She laughed exultingly, and the boy felt cold and strangely troubled.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry exultingly
• Strangely enough, finding women to take hundreds of dollars for a selfie isn’t as easy as you’d think.2020 July 28, “Paying for porn: How much is appropriate?”, in Slate Magazine. From the entry custom
• Being considered 4D is usually when an idol behaves and acts differently or strangely compared to the usual Korean standards.2018, Hayley Marland, K-Pop Survival Guide, page 99. From the entry 4D
• Created by Roland Joffé, who did The Killing Fields, strangely.2017, Mark A. Altman, Slayers & Vampires: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Buffy & Angel, Tom Doherty Associates…. From the entry PG-13
• Mitchell’s lip job looked superb. . .and strangely familiar.2014, Lynne Marshall, chapter 2, in 200 Harley Street: American Surgeon in London, Mills & Boon, page 77. From the entry lip job
• Strangely enough, despite my dagginess and poor self-esteem, I still received my fair share of attention from boys.2012, Kerri Sackville, The Little Book of Anxiety: Confessions From a Worried Life, London: The Robson Press, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry dagginess
• As strangely dressed foreigners Danckaerts and Sluyter stood out, and many Bostoners feared they were papists in disguise.2011, Owen Stanwood, The Empire Reformed. From the entry Bostoner
• Her neck was strangely long and swannish, and her skin dense with freckles that blurred the edges of her lips.2011, Amity Gaige, The Folded World. From the entry swannish
• Strangely enough Monica had been having trouble reaching an agreement with an American publisher for a book deal.2008, Barbara Walters, Audition: A Memoir, page 534. From the entry book deal
• There’s something strangely manifestolike about this album.2007 January 29, Jon Pareles, “New CDs”, in New York Times. From the entry manifestolike
• You know what strangely broke my heart?2000 April 19, Poettttt, “It was a dark and stormy night.... a long Empost.”, in alt.support.eating-disord (Usenet). From the entry detective

Meaning of strangely

1. adverb In a strange or coincidental manner.
2. adverb Surprisingly, wonderfully.

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Questions about strangely in a sentence

How do you use strangely in a sentence?

Strangely is used as an adverb. For example: “Though I'd never gone to Boston before, everything looked strangely familiar.”

What is a short sentence with strangely?

“There’s something strangely manifestolike about this album.”

What does strangely mean?

Strangely means in a strange or coincidental manner.