How to use "absurd" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "absurd" in popular movie and book plots

  • She addresses the audience, makes an absurd statement, then usually laughs and says that it is untrue.  - Quints
  • This is the "triangle" that everyone observes, and it gets rather absurd with the two men vying for Valentine's favour.  - Murder in the Mews
  • As absurd as this suggestion sounded, the learned man eventually agreed and together they took the trip, the shadow now as his master.  - The Shadow (fairy tale)
  • Interestingly enough, an absurd reward of $100,000,000 is offered to anyone who can successfully reach the end of the park.  - Illbleed
  • The shorts cover various topics such as searching for Santa, mustache growing, pizza eating, and other absurd situations.  - Stella (U.S. TV series)
  • After building an alliance with Schwonder, the former canine is granted papers under the absurd name "Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov".  - Heart of a Dog
  • Stanhope states that such a plan is absurd and that the General and his staff merely want this so their dinner will not be delayed.  - Journey's End
  • After the conversing people laugh at this apparently absurd idea, Leo becomes determined to do just that.  - Dandelion Wine
  • This bold statement by Euripides is the absurd premise upon which the whole play depends.  - Thesmophoriazusae
  • Čapek describes this war in a self-consciously absurd manner.  - The Absolute at Large
  • From there Chichikov begins again to go from estate to estate, encountering eccentric and absurd characters all along the way.  - Dead Souls
  • too absurd – too soon – to think of, by far.  - Far from the Madding Crowd
  • Pegasus finds the claims of his involvement absurd and warns English not to involve Sauvage.  - Johnny English
  • Marthe and Ludovic discuss their own relationship and decide that it is absurd to keep it platonic.  - Cousin Cousine
  • The characters are called the Anthographers, Fabricators of useless objects, Scienters, Nibblists, Clarificators, and other absurd titles.  - A Night of Serious Drinking
  • Soon mrs Rittenhouse and mrs Whitehead arrive and the four proceed to play a absurd variation on Bridge.  - Animal Crackers (1930 film)

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