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Recent Examples of offbeat Yorgos Lanthimos’ new feature Bugonia is launching at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday night and critics are starting to have their say on the offbeat sci-fi black comedy starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025 Its interviews have become a fixture on the circuit, asking tennis stars offbeat questions that get them out of their comfort zone. Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 The fictional Cunk, played adeptly by comedian Diane Morgan, is offbeat, ill-informed and almost always wrong. Max Gao, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025 The offbeat humor struck a chord online, and many Reddit users were amused by the gift left behind. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for offbeat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offbeat
Adjective
  • But upon Bennet’s arrival, things take a turn for the bizarre, when the wealthy tycoon builds himself a prison cell in the basement, in an apparent act of meditative penance that forces Blakey into an inversion of traditional power dynamics.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Tasked with bringing into reality those that are a little further down on the bizarre end of the spectrum, the show’s prosthetics and VFX teams had their work cut out for them.
    Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Because our mulch is rubber, this seemed unusual, and out of caution, the guardian was called immediately.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Routh, who is representing himself, has filed unusual motions requesting strippers and a golf round with the president.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Several commenters expressed their support for him, saying emphatic no’s and doubling down on how funny the skit was.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The show has captured the world’s imagination with its charming, funny, and relatable observations about everyday family life.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The workers may be shackled or handcuffed, and torture is not uncommon.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While that's not uncommon, Powell warned that Snitker might regret that decision as Acuna has earned the right to hold onto a leading spot amid a slump.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Because something very strange happens here.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Probably not, given the company’s strange hesitance to part ways with its current leadership.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Even with Muchová so clearly struggling, Osaka faced some weird jeopardy down the stretch.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Far from being dead, reunions exist now in a zone of distortion, a weird gray area in which many people feel obligated to go without quite knowing why.
    Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There is an odd statistic connected to Osaka that means everything or nothing.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond the site rise the blocky tops of many-coloured containers, the odd crane.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • James Watkins’s Clayface comes out in 2026 as well as Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl, starring Milly Alcock, who made her peculiar debut in Superman.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This one is admittedly peculiar, but beloved in and around its hometown of Lexington, North Carolina, the epicenter of western-style NC barbecue.
    Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Offbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offbeat. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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