Examples of 'was a stranger' in a sentence

Meaning of "was a stranger"

The phrase 'was a stranger' indicates that someone or something was unfamiliar, unknown, or not previously encountered by the speaker. It can imply a lack of personal or intimate knowledge about the person or situation in question

How to use "was a stranger" in a sentence

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was a stranger
There was a stranger who gave him a hand.
The girl that came yesterday was a stranger to me.
I was a stranger and you gave me shelter.
I told my aunt there was a stranger at the door.
I was a stranger and you accepted me in your house.
The fact that he was a stranger did not bother me.
The woman sitting next to him was a stranger.
She thought he was a stranger asleep in the parlor.
The man who had come in was a stranger.
And there was a stranger going down on me.
A rumor circulated that there was a stranger on board.
She was a stranger to curiosity and duplicity.
The man that you saw was a stranger to me.
I was a stranger and you sent me away.
His own son was a stranger to him.

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This person in front of him was a stranger.
I was a stranger and you did not take me in.
Smitty said there was a stranger here.
She was a stranger back then.
Was not like she was a stranger at all.
This was a stranger to our little world.
I always dreamed that man was a stranger on this planet.
He was a stranger to everything usually called pleasure.
He was questioned because he was a stranger to a particular neighborhood.
He was a stranger who came from a tribe unrelated to theirs.
Now here the defendant was a stranger to this neighborhood.
I was a stranger from the covenants of promise.
We do not know if there was a stranger in the detention facility.
I was a stranger and you visited me.
I was not really convinced that it was a stranger.
As his shadow was a stranger nobody knew of.
You said at the time you were certain it was a stranger.
And there was a stranger in his bed.
The woman who he thought was his aunt was a stranger.
I thought it was a stranger with yellow gloves.
It was easier to raise him knowing he was a stranger.
I know there was a stranger in our living room.
They treated him like he was a stranger.
The defendant was a stranger in the county.
I grew up in a town where music was a stranger.
The widow was a stranger to the unjust judge.
Now we have proof there was a stranger here.
There was a stranger with them.
A rumor circulated that there was a stranger onboard.
She was a stranger to their parents.
At once she felt separated from him as if he was a stranger.
I was a stranger in a world heavy with silence and unspoken words.
Abraham was in the land of promise and yet he was a stranger in it.
It was a stranger that infected her.
The man who raped me was a stranger.

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