How to Use absurd in a Sentence

absurd

adjective

• The charges against him are obviously absurd.
• In an era when federal judges issue rulings that in their impact often rival the lawmaking of any legislature in the land, it is increasingly absurd that their proceedings should remain off-limits to the same wider public scrutiny that news cameras have brought to courts in 48 states.
  — Editor & Publisher, 14 July 2003
• The best of times, the worst of times, the most absurd of times.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2020
• The rest of the world seemed to agree that the amount was absurd.
  — Marlene Daut, Quartz Africa, 3 July 2020
• And then there's the ones that are just made to be absurd.
  — Cindy Watts, PEOPLE.com, 20 Oct. 2021
• The Late Late Show has tried again and again to break absurd world records.
  — Vulture, 10 Mar. 2023
• And to be sure, The Kids have their fair share of absurd sketches.
  — Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 25 May 2022
• Of all the lies these people tell -- and there are many -- this is the most absurd.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 10 July 2019
• The short answer is no, and the reason for the long gap is a bit absurd.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2022
• With some comedies, the laughs start with the title and absurd premise.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020
• This year in pro wrestling just could not get more absurd.
  — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 10 July 2019
• If this all sounds a bit absurd, and like a lot is going on...
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
• For this teacher to tell him to take it down and then kick him out of class is absurd.
  — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2020
• The idea of such a question felt, in fact, somehow absurd.
  — Peter Hemminger, Longreads, 3 Mar. 2022
• Well, to say the injuries had nothing to do with it would be absurd.
  — Matt Zenitz | [e-mail], al, 24 Mar. 2020
• For those who still crave a dose of the absurd in their lives, here comes the novelty bag.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2022
• The sunup start time strikes people half her age as absurd.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2021
• But to Hossam, the tour’s structure had come to seem absurd.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• On its hot, horrid face, the idea that Venus might make a nice home sounds absurd.
  — Sarah Scoles, Wired, 14 Sep. 2020
• These crazy cross-bay bridge ideas connect the absurd with the archive.
  — Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, 20 June 2018
• Today, the idea of that much flying seems absurd to me.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2021
• The labels that get put on players get to be absurd at times.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• On the face of it, their fear — replacement — is absurd.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 11 Apr. 2018
• Just about everything about the area was, and still is, absurd.
  — Jose Lambiet, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
• Perhaps nowhere is this more absurd than in the surging ban on books.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• As authors, my girls find the absurd in both sorrow and joy.
  — New York Times, 21 June 2018
• The goal of going to one of these places after college, to be a young artist, seems absurd.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• That said, there are some recalls that are just too absurd to make up.
  — Mike Wehner, BGR, 12 May 2021
• Led by the bumbling Sarge and the cynical Church, the soldiers navigate absurd situations and misunderstandings with a mix of humor and sci-fi elements.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
• As the interview continues, Andrew’s responses shift from controversial to flat-out absurd.
  — Armani Syed, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024