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Synonyms & Antonyms for stranger
Synonyms: Noun
foreigner, nonnative, outlander, outsider
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of stranger in a Sentence
Noun
Children are taught not to talk to strangers. He is a complete stranger to me. “Excuse me. Do you know where the library is?” “I'm sorry. I'm a stranger here myself.” I'm a stranger to the area.
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Until the night of August 3, when a stranger came up to K5, knocked it down, and kicked it repeatedly, inflicting serious damage. — Wired, "Of Course Citizens Should Be Allowed to Kick Robots," 29 Aug. 2019 She was headed back to an apartment building on Irving Street NW when she was killed Tuesday night by a man police believe was a stranger. — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, "Woman walking dog killed in apparent random attack," 28 Aug. 2019 The logic applies whether the person in question is a co-worker or a stranger. — Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, "Is it ever okay to express your anger by emailing someone else’s boss?," 27 Aug. 2019 On a recent morning, a stranger noticed Ms. Allen’s name sewn on her uniform and spontaneously began to belt out the chorus from a song from the Police. — Laura Dimon, New York Times, "New York’s Hottest Makeup Counter: The Port Authority Bathroom," 23 Aug. 2019 Dance Moms, however, is no stranger to cutting out dances for the sake of time. — Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, "Abby Lee Miller Calls Out 'Dance Moms' Producers For Not Airing Liliana's Winning Solo," 23 Aug. 2019 Shehla Rashid, politician, activist and former vice-president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s students’ union, is no stranger to such trolling. — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, "Getting trolled is a small price to pay to get information out of Kashmir, says activist Shehla Rashid," 22 Aug. 2019 Not Afraid to Show Her Stretch Marks on Social Media Of course, Graham is no stranger to the body positivity movement. — Christina Oehler, Health.com, "Pregnant Ashley Graham Shows Off Stretch Marks In Nude Photo," 19 Aug. 2019 Smith is no stranger to fast EVs, having turned a 1970s city car into the world's quickest EV. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "Fully Charged gets a first look at the Porsche Taycan EV," 9 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Every pro sports star has signed tons and tons of autographs for fans, but some of them have signed stranger things than others. — Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, "J.J. Watt's weirdest autograph: Signed pregnant woman's belly, then later met her baby," 7 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stranger.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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