theatre of the absurd
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The United States called his trial a "theatre of the absurd."
From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2022
The United States has called his trial a "theatre of the absurd".
From Reuters ● Apr. 12, 2022
Meanwhile, back in the real world, by which I mean the theatre of the absurd, real people said real things and then attempted to persuade us that they didn’t really mean them.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2019
On Thursday, Melania Trump did her part to freshen up this self-evident tragedy by making a costume choice out of the theatre of the absurd.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 21, 2018
This is the great theatre of the absurd called the Balkans.
From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Vaknin, Samuel
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