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Discover LudwigThe phrase "incongruous about" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means something that is out of place or does not fit in with its surroundings or context. Example: The bright pink scarf was incongruous about the solemn black attire of the funeral attendees.
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There is something incongruous about interviewing Owen Sheers amid the rooftop haunts of Piccadilly.
So there is something incongruous about victory celebrations, particularly if they are contrived.
But Mr. Congel said there was nothing incongruous about his donation to Mr. Clinton's foundation.
There was something incongruous about these progressions issuing from the thick fingers of a man in sweats.
But there's something funnily incongruous about young New Yorkers going through their growing pains in rustic teepees.
There is something incongruous about so worldly a squad as Chelsea's being taken advantage of in that manner.
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There is incongruous babbling about mythology.
His victory speech stood out primarily for an impromptu and incongruous pronouncement about Arianna, 19, and her sister, Ayla, 21. "They're both available," he blurted out.
There are a lot of twentysomething Brits making completely decent, completely incongruous music about an American life they probably haven't lived.
If you're looking for something even more incongruous, how about a razor-sharp funk ensemble playing renditions of Stax and Motown so persuasively it has a mid-afternoon crowd on its feet and grooving despite the searing heat?
As the hosts on CNN were reporting that Dzhokhar was considered "armed and extremely dangerous," and warned that he might be contemplating "going out in a blaze of glory," they were also pulling together interviews with people who had known him, and were learning incongruous things about him.
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