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1 It was absurd to be frightened.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 2
2 Her gestures became absurdly artificial.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7
3 It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 6
4 It's absurd to talk of the ignorance of youth.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 19
5 One often imagines things that are quite absurd.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 12
6 Sibyl Vane seemed to him to be absurdly melodramatic.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7
7 Of course, the scenery was dreadful and the Orlando absurd.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 6
8 About half-past eight I passed by an absurd little theatre, with great flaring gas-jets and gaudy play-bills.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 4
9 But, really, it seems rather absurd that I shouldn't see my own work, especially as I am going to exhibit it in Paris in the autumn.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 9
10 I have to call for my husband at the club, to take him to some absurd meeting at Willis's Rooms, where he is going to be in the chair.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 3
11 When we meet--we do meet occasionally, when we dine out together, or go down to the Duke's--we tell each other the most absurd stories with the most serious faces.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 1
12 I fancy that the true explanation is this: It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 8