strang·er
ˈstrān-jər 
1
b
: one in the house of another as a guest, visitor, or intruder
c
: a person or thing that is unknown or with whom one is unacquainted
d
: one who does not belong to or is kept from the activities of a group
e
: one not privy or party to an act, contract, or title : one that interferes without right
2
: one ignorant of or unacquainted with someone or something
strangered; strangering; strangers
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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Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
The neighbor collapses into the stranger, the stranger into the other—and the other, an imposing threat closing in at every corner.
—Aaron Boehmer
august 4, Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2025
Now, in The Carpool Detectives, Hogan shows readers how much stranger fact can be than fiction.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
Two funeral processions, one before and one after the service, also will give friends and strangers an opportunity to pay their respects.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 May 2025
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Noun
Drummond was spotted on surveillance cameras in Jackson The case began after a 7-month-old infant girl was found sitting in a car seat in a stranger's front yard near Tigrett, a community in Dyer County, on July 29.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
The neighbor collapses into the stranger, the stranger into the other—and the other, an imposing threat closing in at every corner.
—Aaron Boehmer
august 4, Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
One of the stranger conspiracies to emerge from the absurd, infuriating intervening years is the insistence by some that, owing to shadowy weather-manipulating entities, the sky has changed for the worse.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2025
Now, in The Carpool Detectives, Hogan shows readers how much stranger fact can be than fiction.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
Verb
Bashan and 25 other people, all initially strangers with different backgrounds and professions, spent time in 12 different countries and grew to be friends.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
Two funeral processions, one before and one after the service, also will give friends and strangers an opportunity to pay their respects.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 May 2025
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“Stranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stranger. Accessed 9 Aug. 2025.
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