virtual stranger

Frequency: 6.06.2 per million words

Someone you know so little that they are almost a stranger.

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  • Despite being cousins, they were virtual strangers to each other.
  • After years of only exchanging pleasantries, my colleague felt like a virtual stranger.
  • After years apart, he felt like a virtual stranger in his hometown.
  • Despite living in the same apartment building, I'm still a virtual stranger to my upstairs neighbor.
  • She realized her husband had become a virtual stranger to her.
  • He had met his distant cousin only once, so she remained a virtual stranger to him.
  • Even though they worked in the same office, they were virtual strangers.
  • The large corporation meant that many employees were virtual strangers to each other.
  • I barely knew him; he was a virtual stranger to me.
  • Even after working together for months, we were still virtual strangers, rarely speaking outside of work tasks.
  • The children, raised in different countries, were virtual strangers.
  • She realized that her own son, after years of estrangement, had become a virtual stranger.
  • He spoke to his own son as if he were a virtual stranger.
  • Meeting him again after two decades, he was a virtual stranger, his appearance and demeanor completely changed.
  • Meeting her again after decades, she was a virtual stranger.
  • It's sad when family members become virtual strangers due to geographical distance and lack of communication.
  • Their once close friendship had dwindled, making them virtual strangers.
  • To the new students, the senior faculty members were intimidating virtual strangers.
  • It's sad when family members become virtual strangers over time.
  • If you don't make an effort to connect, even a close friend can eventually become a virtual stranger.