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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Season 3 kicks off in September with fights exploding and movie icon Samuel L. Jackson joining TV's oddball Manfredi crime family.
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 30 July 2025
First offered in a passenger car by Mercedes-Benz back in 1974, the five-cylinder engine has always been a bit of an automotive oddball.
—Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
This evolutionary opportunity produced a multitude of early animals, including oddballs with peculiar adaptations for survival, according to new research.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Her book chronicles not only the misadventures of growing up in an oddball family, but also creative endeavors that include joining a band and putting on her own one-woman show.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 30 July 2025
First offered in a passenger car by Mercedes-Benz back in 1974, the five-cylinder engine has always been a bit of an automotive oddball.
—Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
This evolutionary opportunity produced a multitude of early animals, including oddballs with peculiar adaptations for survival, according to new research.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Her book chronicles not only the misadventures of growing up in an oddball family, but also creative endeavors that include joining a band and putting on her own one-woman show.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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