Examples of oddball in a Sentence
He used to be a real oddball back in high school.
she's known as the office oddball
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Survivor planet is a real oddball The gas giant WD 1856 b was first discovered in 2020 by NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and the Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
Many audiences may recognize him best as the shirtless, nunchuck-wielding oddball in the coming-of-age classic Ghost World (2001).
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 June 2026
Black Rock Coalition bands like funk-metal group 24-7 Spyz and shoegaze oddballs the Veldt—particularly when the Veldt’s murkiness resolves into a major-key chorus.
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Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
His trilogy is, likewise, a straphangers’ gallery of metropolitan oddballs, from Zippo, a pyromaniac turned blaxploitation filmmaker, to Uncle Rich, a master criminal who stages a daring raid on the Waldorf-Astoria from a disused train tunnel with the help of a homeless army.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
Many audiences may recognize him best as the shirtless, nunchuck-wielding oddball in the coming-of-age classic Ghost World (2001).
—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 June 2026
Black Rock Coalition bands like funk-metal group 24-7 Spyz and shoegaze oddballs the Veldt—particularly when the Veldt’s murkiness resolves into a major-key chorus.
—
Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
His trilogy is, likewise, a straphangers’ gallery of metropolitan oddballs, from Zippo, a pyromaniac turned blaxploitation filmmaker, to Uncle Rich, a master criminal who stages a daring raid on the Waldorf-Astoria from a disused train tunnel with the help of a homeless army.
—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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