Sentence examples for element of absurdity from inspiring English sources

"There is an element of absurdity to it," he said.

The third story is more refl ective before the fourth, "Nocturne", reintroduces an element of absurdity.

His smile hinted at the element of absurdity in the situation – and in the whole therapeutic undertaking, perhaps.

There is an element of absurdity here, almost farce, but the effect is one of pathos, rather than black comedy: Rosetta is still struggling and has not collapsed into despair.

The action runs at hair-raising speed on one single rail from A to B. It is not for everyone and the mayhem is pretty hard to take, but the brilliance of its choreography can hardly be denied, and as film-making it's fluent and muscular and uninhibited to say the least, the element of absurdity held in deadpan check: this is a superb pulp shocker made with passion and flair.

But there's definitely an element of absurdity to it.

"And the couture, the whole fashion world, obviously has its elements of absurdity".

There was, nonetheless, enough elements of absurdity to keep me happy.

Sometimes episodes in the novel retained in the film's altered narrative introduce elements of absurdity into the plot.

The concept of mixing pathos with slapstick was learnt from Karno, who also used elements of absurdity that became familiar in Chaplin's gags.

And so it's a coming-together of all these pieces of the American past and specters of American history that are tattered and in peril, and this beautifully mournful Dylan song, which also has an element of utter absurdity in the lyrics.