Sentence examples for recognize the absurdity from inspiring English sources

"JCVD" requires Mr. Van Damme openly to recognize the absurdity and indignity of being an aging action hero.

"It won't take long," he said, for the courts to recognize "the absurdity of the noncompetition agreements, too".

Yet schools would recognize the absurdity of trying to boost reading by assembling poor readers in the auditorium for a speech about reading.

In such cases, people recognize the absurdity of their position, worry that it reflects badly on them and reconsider it, he said.

Her excellent women know this, and they practice a second kind of duality: the ability both to fall in love and to recognize the absurdity of that love, or its object.

"He can recognize the absurdity of politics, and is an occasional practitioner," said Brian Jones, who served with Mr. Schmidt on the Bush campaign and, for a time, on the McCain campaign.

His characters grapple with existential questions throughout "Gruesome," and the Tiger in "Bengal Tiger" (to be played by Mr. Williams) is a kind of Mesopotamian philosopher, but they also clearly recognize the absurdities of their situations.

They wanted to do what they do every week: to comment on the news in an absurd world in a way that recognizes the absurdity.

"I don't think he is," de Jong said with a slight smile, as if he recognized the absurdity.

"Oh, and another thing," the publicist added, laughing as if she recognized the absurdity of her remarks.

We acknowledged the complexity of issues before us and noted the many geopolitical powers at play, but we also recognized the absurdity of continuing this hostility.