Sentence examples for a sort of absurd from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a sort of absurd" is not correct in standard written English.
It can be used when describing something that is somewhat absurd or has absurd qualities, but it typically requires additional context or modification for clarity.
Example: "The situation was a sort of absurd, leaving everyone confused and amused at the same time."
Alternatives: "somewhat absurd" or "kind of absurd."

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The subject, acrobatic dogs that balance one atop the other, elicits a sort of absurd and dangerous fun.

I know some will see these ingredients of the military lifestyle as a sort of absurd, tough-guy game played by overgrown boys.

Gaetano's ribald and stupid proposal ( a sort of absurd Ozymandias) can also be seen as a tradesman's entrance, or a poor door into the smart apartment block.

And the cacophony of voices, machines, televisions, animals and vehicles all blend together in a sort of absurd harmony.

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A: Sort of.

When the ball is moving you might subconsciously strike all sorts of absurd poses, but as far as the game is concerned, a jackpot is a jackpot.

Imagine Mario and Luigi made out of cuddly burlap sacks and decked out with all sorts of absurd outfits.

"It's sort of absurd," said Wu Jiaxiang, once an adviser to Zhao Ziyang, the party chief purged during the 1989 student uprising.

This is the very sort of absurd scenario that Munroe's book describes.

I had this sort of absurd picture of myself strutting into the meeting.

"While it seems sort of absurd, the person left the review with no irony," he said, laughing.

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