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characterized by fantastic imagery, or combinations of things and events that don't go together- It was as irrational and surreal as a dream.
surreal = characterized by fantastic imagery and combinations of things and events that don't go together
- But whatever the reason, it felt surreal.Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why
- Lords of the surreal.Darren Shan -- A Vampire's Assistant
- surreal art and literature
- Mom gave me an approving look, and again I had that surreal shifting feeling.Rick Riordan -- The Red Pyramid
- I'd never seen him dress in black before, and, with the contrast against his pale skin, his beauty was absolutely surreal.Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
- It all seemed surreal—the sewer, the files, the mutants, Ari....James Patterson -- The Angel Experiment
- It was surreal being back at camp, because everything looked so peaceful: no burning buildings, no wounded fighters.Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian
- Theresa furrowed her brow, bewilderment making her surroundings surreal.Nicholas Sparks -- Message in a Bottle
- It felt as if she were watching something happening to other people, a surreal drama that had turned into a game of Murder in the Dark.Neil Gaiman -- The Graveyard Book
- It was a surreal moment, a moment of desperation and honesty and, ultimately, what I hoped was love.Scott Pratt -- An Innocent Client
- The tops of the sheer buildings slanted in weird, surrealistic perspective, and the street seemed tilted.Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
- The scene struck me as surreal, like watching yourself in a dream.Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John
- In 1924 Andre Breton published a 'surrealistic manifesto,' claiming that art should come from the unconscious.Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
- Alan saw everything, each scene unfolding individually with surreal, violent precision.Nicholas Sparks -- The Best of Me
- He drifted forward, and the movement flowed with such surreal grace that I gawked, my mouth hangmg open.Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
- To him, there was something surrealistic about the scene: a dozen men in a long, whitewashed room in Topeka, rebuilding a crash.Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
- The whole thing felt surreal.Nicholas Sparks -- A Bend in the Road
- He finds it absurd and surreal that the kids here see him as some sort of symbol, when all he did was survive.Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
- I reached up and kissed him and it was very, very real, despite the quite surreal juxtaposition of colors in the night sky.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
surreal = unreal (characterized by fantastic imagery, or combinations of things and events that don't go together)
surreal = fantastic imagery, or combinations of things and events that don't go together
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