Example Sentences

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The men dressed up incongruously as samurai warriors, and Riley arranged for the sumo world champion to be there, all 350 pounds of him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Minutes later he takes a break, during which a poster for the James Bond film No Time To Die briefly, and incongruously, comes up on the screen.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

“I’m not even sure I’m a visual artist,” she said recently during a visit to her large Manhattan studio, incongruously located in a high-end Chelsea apartment building.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Kissinger was pudgy and messy but incongruously acquired a reputation as a ladies’ man in the staid Nixon administration.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023

With her incongruously small legs and massive torso, she looked like a refrigerator on crooked wheels.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel