strange to say

1. Also, strangely enough. Surprisingly, curiously, unaccountably, as in Strange to say, all the boys in his class are six feet tall or taller, or I've never been to the circus, strangely enough. This idiom was first recorded in 1697 as strange to relate.

Example Sentences

Strange to say, but this awful period seems almost quaint by comparison with our current discord.

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Feels strange to say, doesn't it?

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“But I think it’s a little bit strange to say ‘no’ to some kind of new technology when it’s developed in the right manner.

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“The humor was so funny and so inventive and original and yet always grounded in character. I know it sounds so strange to say that because our characters are not human, and yet the emotions were so clear to me. These characters were written with a real kind of specific spirit in mind that differentiated them, that made them individual.”

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Strange to say, however, 69% of Republicans — close to the same number — said that the year was OK, good or great for them personally.

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