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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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Comedy nerds and oddballs of all stripes embraced the show, especially its singularly off-putting heroine, a woman with a garish overbite, a sordid past and a strangely infectious nasal drawl.
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
His oddball mystery Wrong debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Wish, like Temu, for a while blitzed Facebook and Google with ads pitching oddball products such as meat socks.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
What Burn Book makes clear is that just like microprocessors, oddball founders, and VC pitch decks, Swisher is part of the firmament of the technology industry.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
Choose easily accessible destinations nearby, but consider a theme (historic libraries, giant statues, bizarre restaurants), or simply visit parks, lakes, and oddball roadside attractions, all of which offer room to roam.
—Alesandra Dubin, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
Infrequent watering, oddball lighting, and cramped inventory are all working against these plants.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
The mutant teammates regularly sold out at comic book shops, but no network executive wanted to take a chance on the oddball characters — until Margaret Loesch became president of Fox Kids.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Are these movies furthering Black representation in their own oddball ways or embarrassing us with lowbrow clichés?
—Niela Orr, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
His oddball mystery Wrong debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Wish, like Temu, for a while blitzed Facebook and Google with ads pitching oddball products such as meat socks.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
What Burn Book makes clear is that just like microprocessors, oddball founders, and VC pitch decks, Swisher is part of the firmament of the technology industry.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
Choose easily accessible destinations nearby, but consider a theme (historic libraries, giant statues, bizarre restaurants), or simply visit parks, lakes, and oddball roadside attractions, all of which offer room to roam.
—Alesandra Dubin, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
Infrequent watering, oddball lighting, and cramped inventory are all working against these plants.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
The mutant teammates regularly sold out at comic book shops, but no network executive wanted to take a chance on the oddball characters — until Margaret Loesch became president of Fox Kids.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Are these movies furthering Black representation in their own oddball ways or embarrassing us with lowbrow clichés?
—Niela Orr, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
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: a person who behaves strangely
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