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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The Annihilation of Fish, directed by Charles Burnett and released in 1999 and now newly restored by Kino Lorber, features an oddball, interracial romance played by the late actors James Earl Jones as Obadiah Fish and Lynn Redgrave as Poinsettia Cummings.
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Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
The evergreen revolving door of oddballs and cynics populating that Manhattan arraignment court in the wee hours of the night and at the center of it all a workplace family that will forever be... until next time.
—EW.com, 19 June 2025
Similarly to her dad, Abby tries to bring order to her crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), a character from the original series.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 June 2025
Maybe the most polished of the new Latin oddballs I’ve been obsessed with is EQ.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 11 June 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
The evergreen revolving door of oddballs and cynics populating that Manhattan arraignment court in the wee hours of the night and at the center of it all a workplace family that will forever be... until next time.
—EW.com, 19 June 2025
Similarly to her dad, Abby tries to bring order to her crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), a character from the original series.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 June 2025
Maybe the most polished of the new Latin oddballs I’ve been obsessed with is EQ.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 11 June 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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