How to Use unusual in a Sentence

unusual

adjective

• It's not unusual for him to stay late at work.
• She has an unusual name.
• When the judges were polled after the race, the results were unusual.
  — Frank Litsky, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• All of those jokes and rhymes getting to play out in a song is so unusual.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
• Spring rain is not unusual, but a cold spring rain is rare.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023
• In fact, a study out of Australia shows that's not unusual.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 21 Feb. 2024
• In the stratosphere of top tech CEOs, Karp is an unusual figure.
  — TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
• Only this time his brother bought the booze, which was unusual.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2023
• As for the tensions in the first half of 2023 which led to this most unusual situation, O’Neill has no comment.
  — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
• Even in a city where car thefts have soared, the police vehicle theft seemed unusual.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
• This, in and of itself, isn’t that unusual: Bad cocktails get forgotten all the time.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2024
• Even if the matches are unusual, keep your eyes open for roles that interest you.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
• For months my editor and I were locked alone in a room trying to craft the unusual tone, the liminal space in which the film exists.
  — Andrew Haigh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• An unusual lump in her neck turned out to be sarcoma, a rare cancer.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• This is unusual for a couple who shares so much online.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
• And to be different is always seen as unusual or seen as strange.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Olsen was spotted heading to dinner in layers and layers of clothing—not unusual for the co-founder of The Row.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2023
• Big changes ahead The program works in an unusual way, by using the client’s house as collateral for a loan.
  — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024
• The Oddities & Curiosities Expo: This event for the lovers of the strange, unusual and bizarre returns in 2023.
  — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
• The most memorable item in his home is an unusual find: A chicken egg that a neighbor found in an egg carton in 1951.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
• That level of frequency, of course, isn’t unusual in the country genre.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
• The data suggest that male hedgehogs tend to live longer than females, which is unusual in mammals, per the Guardian.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
• Still, the truth is no one knows where things go from here, given the unusual nature of the post-pandemic economy.
  — Bychristopher Rugaber, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
• Grooms taking brides' names is so unusual, data on it doesn't seem to exist.
  — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
• If an unusual number of chickens die, they should be tested for avian flu.
  — Terry Chea The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
• All three of the characters have been teleported — not, in itself, an unusual thing to see in a comic-book movie.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
• The Vision Pro is a real gamble for Apple, and its rollout will be an unusual one.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
• This wasn't unusual, as the president and First Lady Grace Coolidge were known to be animal lovers.
  — House Beautiful, 18 Aug. 2023
• None of this was unusual; such steps and stories inform a common arc for lieutenants heading to Army brigades.
  — C.j. Chivers, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• Little on the menu at Any Day Now reads unusual; lots of places serve tuna tartare, barbecue spare ribs and burgers.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024