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Recent Examples of offbeat In this offbeat and surreal comedy, frustrated playwright Mark becomes addicted to huffing perfume to conjure memories from a previous Italian summer vacation. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025 In a new video interview with ESSENCE, David Oyelowo and Simone Missick open up about their layered performances in Government Cheese, Apple TV+’s offbeat, heartfelt new comedy premiering April 16. Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Apr. 2025 In this offbeat and surreal comedy, frustrated playwright Mark becomes addicted to huffing perfume to conjure memories from a previous Italian summer vacation. Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025 Miranda July Miranda July is an artist, filmmaker and writer celebrated for her offbeat, emotionally resonant storytelling, most recently the 2024 smash hit All Fours. Clare Fisher, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for offbeat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offbeat
Adjective
  • Even more bizarre was the depth the starlight's dip changed with every transit.
    Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • This is just one in a series of bizarre events that unfolded on the afternoon of April 19, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s not unusual, for people to send spritzes, but then the manager came out with a gift bag.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
  • But many don't realize there are lots of other, more unusual ways allergies can show up.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • What’s funny about that is that Alexander appears to have some Leonard Williams to his game.
    Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • What started out curious is going to curiouser — funny, violent and wild.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The eminence whom the film casts as the prime mover of benevolent governance is Nelson Rockefeller, a liberal Republican (the breed wasn’t uncommon then) who was the state’s governor from 1959 to 1973.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Loud noises in the night weren't uncommon—but this time was different.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The wish is revealing—strange and sad, and haunting in ways the biography cannot quite accommodate.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Moses’s book eddies around with the energy of someone reporting back from a very long and strange evening clicking through Wikipedia links, enjoying every chance to add a tangent.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • It’s been a weird year for some of the league’s best closers.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • On the other hand, this three-month gap is a little weird.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Held in the odd year after the presidential election since 1869, Virginia’s gubernatorial race is a cyclical scorecard for voters’ moods and the issues at the forefront of the national consciousness.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • At first glance, these pieces seem to appear odd, with crooked teeth and protruding eyeballs.
    Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Images of the peculiar plant were shared in a post on Reddit shared by Grace (u/applementionpies).
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • Listen to this article 2 min Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve asked manager Joe Espada to move him out of the leadoff spot for a peculiar reason.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025

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