Sentence examples for absurd compared from inspiring English sources

"Bull Durham," released 15 years ago this summer and honored last Wednesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, was made for $8 million, a budget that now seems absurd compared to summer blockbusters.

Uptight compared to Catwoman and the Joker, absurd compared to Alfred the butler and Commissioner Gordon, he's repeatedly reduced to the status of a supporting player in his own franchise.

Frain described Jarvis as "a fun, comic character that's a little off-beat", considering him "more human, in terms of being fallible and absurd" compared to the zanier Castor.

He called the lawmakers' statements "utterly absurd" and compared the conference to "a 'Saturday Night Live' skit — unbelievable, ludicrous, almost comic if it wasn't so painful".

Its plot was absurd, but compared to the porn movies that had preceded it, Deep Throat looked like something from Luis Bunuel.

The effort required to save one rotting giant, otherwise destined for the chipper, might seem absurd when compared with the dizzying scale of bereavement already apprehended in global climate change.

Monetizing compassion might seem absurd, but compared to the current dysfunction and peril, it offers one way forward.

"It's absurd to compare the two," he said.

"It's absurd to compare Elena Kagan's judicial philosophy to Thurgood Marshall's philosophy," Professor Ogletree said.

It just seems absurd to compare two such different art forms and feel so let down when a literary adaptation doesn't meet your expectations.

It seemed a little bit absurd to compare Earth Day to the desperate struggle to bring modernity to a largely medieval society, but Kerry was perfectly sincere.