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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Black Rock Coalition bands like funk-metal group 24-7 Spyz and shoegaze oddballs the Veldt—particularly when the Veldt’s murkiness resolves into a major-key chorus.
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Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
His trilogy is, likewise, a straphangers’ gallery of metropolitan oddballs, from Zippo, a pyromaniac turned blaxploitation filmmaker, to Uncle Rich, a master criminal who stages a daring raid on the Waldorf-Astoria from a disused train tunnel with the help of a homeless army.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
In January 2010, Tesla had sold less than 2,000 cars in its entire history, virtually all of them electric oddballs based on sports cars from Lotus, a relatively obscure British company.
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Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
Then there are oddballs – traction control – pretty rare in this class, alongside ABS, and a belt drive.
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New Atlas,
11 May 2026
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Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
His trilogy is, likewise, a straphangers’ gallery of metropolitan oddballs, from Zippo, a pyromaniac turned blaxploitation filmmaker, to Uncle Rich, a master criminal who stages a daring raid on the Waldorf-Astoria from a disused train tunnel with the help of a homeless army.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
In January 2010, Tesla had sold less than 2,000 cars in its entire history, virtually all of them electric oddballs based on sports cars from Lotus, a relatively obscure British company.
—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
Then there are oddballs – traction control – pretty rare in this class, alongside ABS, and a belt drive.
—
New Atlas,
11 May 2026
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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