so alien

Frequency: 8.532.1 per million words

Used to emphasize how unfamiliar or strange something is.

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Examples (10)

  • The concept of living without the internet feels so alien to the younger generation.
  • Stepping into the ancient city, the customs seemed so alien to her modern sensibilities.
  • After years of living abroad, his own hometown felt so alien.
  • The idea of an arranged marriage is so alien to many Western cultures.
  • He remembered a time when computers were so alien that people were afraid to touch them.
  • In the distant future, Earth's gravity might feel so alien to humans born on Mars.
  • The language of quantum physics is so alien that it defies common sense.
  • To the city dweller, the silence of the countryside was so alien it was unsettling.
  • Why does this simple tradition feel so alien to me now?
  • Her way of thinking is so alien from mine; we can never truly agree.