motley crew

noun

: an unusual mixed group

We were a motley crew of musicians and athletes.

Examples of motley crew in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

How much funnier Shakespeare’s motley crew can be when we’re allowed to discover the variety of eccentricity and ludicrousness on display for ourselves. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

After the network successfully pulled together a motley crew of Real Housewives offspring and their Manhattan socialite friends last year, the gang is back for a second season in the city. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 25 June 2026

Though Un-jeong was initially reluctant to form relationships with the motley crew, their relentless enthusiasm—and his burgeoning romantic feelings for Chae-ni—eventually wore him down. — Kayti Burt, Time, 15 May 2026

In April 2025, a motley crew gathered in New York City for a conference at Columbia University on abolishing the infinite. — Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026

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