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Meanings of strangely incongruous in English

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Usage of strangely incongruous in English
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Were ever facts so strangely incongruous, so difficult to reconcile?
Stories by English Authors: England
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The laugh sounded strangely incongruous in such a place.
The Shrieking Pit
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So the parable which at first sight seems strangely incongruous becomes blessedly significant and fitting.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
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What country had given her those strangely incongruous locks?
The Motor Maids in Fair Japan
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There seemed something strangely incongruous in all this.
Chasing the Sun
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At the post-office they met a young fellow wearing a cassock, a strangely incongruous figure in the Wisconsin village.
The Web of Life
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Before I even reached the bestiary I could hear roaring and trumpeting, strangely incongruous in the environs of Rome.
Venus In Copper
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There was something strangely incongruous in this Oriental figure framed in the commonplace door-way of a third-rate suburban dwelling-house.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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In Walter Stanhope's journal for January 30th of that year is recorded a dinner party of strangely incongruous elements.
The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1
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His company was strangely incongruous.
France and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France ...
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Clare looked at her, and noted that her shabby serge dress and pale pinched face seemed strangely incongruous with her surroundings.
The Carved Cupboard
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In the grim silence it seemed strangely incongruous that the measured business of a ship's life should be going forward as usual.
The Mystery
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On a neighboring gallery two housewives were gossiping; a child was playing on the walk beneath, and his piping laughter sounded strangely incongruous.
The Net
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To go with Philippus and live with him as his sister would never do; nay, it struck her as something inconceivable, strangely incongruous.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 03
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This touch of strangely incongruous color in the picture summons attention, and all we encaged prisoners turn our faces towards the hideous outcrop.
Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
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I figure I saw a thousand umbrellas if I saw one, and the sight of them gave a strangely incongruous touch to the thing.
Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
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