How to Use freak in a Sentence

freak

1 of 3 noun

• I had a terrible rash on my face, and I felt like a freak.
• It's brings a huge amount of comfort to my neat-freak brain.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 19 Sep. 2021
• What the heck is the best way to do this without sounding like a freak?
  — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2021
• Now, let’s all throw some glitter on our faces and have a freak out.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 11 June 2021
• Among them are the freak injuries that have hindered the team at just about every step of the way.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
• Lindsey was a neat freak, but the dishes were piled up – about a month’s worth.
  — Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2021
• Maybe your dad’s a sports fan, word nerd, or fitness freak.
  — Malia Griggs, SELF, 3 Oct. 2020
• The freak injury occurred ahead of the second round of the tournament.
  — George Ramsay, CNN, 19 June 2021
• Freekbass gets his freak on at 7 p.m., free via twitch.tv/therelixchannel.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 23 Mar. 2022
• Gibbs was injured in somewhat of a freak play in a 2020 practice.
  — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 20 May 2021
• That’s the kind of freak injury a guy like Robinson can ill afford.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 3 June 2021
• Much of the Arctic is in a burst of freak December warming.
  — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2022
• Sports do involve variables — a lucky bounce here, a freak break there.
  — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2020
• Bote bent over and then went to the ground after the freak injury, pointing to his lower left leg.
  — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2021
• The whole Pro-Ject routine is addictive for a clean freak.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 July 2021
• Even at a friend's pool party, when one of the kids found a garter snake, the initial freak-out turned to friendliness.
  — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022
• The Riverside fire started on Tuesday, Sept. 8, driven by freak winds from the east.
  — oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2020
• But this is far from the first time that the Zuck has let his robot freak flag fly (pun very much intended).
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 6 July 2021
• The four-star recruit is a freak and has no problem admitting to it.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2020
• Watch how the Suns kind of freak out and just double team Clarkson twice, even though that’s not super smart.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
• The triple-digit record was not a freak event, either, but instead part of a searing heat wave.
  — Washington Post, 3 July 2020
• Red Rocks Amphitheatre came near the end of a lengthy summer-fall run and went on in spite of a freak snowstorm that evening.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2023
• Inexplicably, given all the great shots on frame throughout the night, the first goal came on a freak play in the 76th minute.
  — oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022
• This was just a freak accident, not caused by anything Nick did.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• The Saints have been so close the past three seasons, losing twice as a direct result of freak plays, and a third time in overtime.
  — Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2021
• But it hasn’t been unscathed: Last year, a freak windstorm took out a huge swath of mature trees, as if mowing the lawn.
  — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022
• The hit prompted a joyous freak-out from the defense, which had performed well throughout 11-on-11 drills.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• Video footage showed him rubbing his face in pain after the freak accident.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 May 2022
• Then just the total freak-outs, like running around the street in my underwear, asking for fresh ice.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• This week, go reveal your inner freak for a three-cylinder Geo.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 6 Apr. 2022

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freak

2 of 3 adjective

• He was the victim of a freak accident.
• Let your freak flag fly and the people who love you will be there to catch you.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2022
• How the rocket and the Moon will meet up is a freak occurrence.
  — Alex Knapp, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• That's not even to mention the backups that have been out, freak stuff.
  — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2022
• What kind of freak accident happens to a bird that lives in your house?
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 July 2021
• There was, of course, the off chance that this override of his aircraft was due to some freak malfunction in the F-35.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
• In other words, take a page from Ms. Shayk and let that winter freak-chic flag style fly.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2021
• Quite possibly my favorite 22-minute psych-freak noise-punk drone of the year.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2022
• Arthur’s death was supposed to be a freak act of violence, not an omen.
  — Mattie Kahn, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
• Cassie loves to party but dies in a freak accident and must atone for her wrongs on earth to earn her wings.
  — Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2021
• Keep your freak flag flying, because there's more Doom Patrol on the way.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2020
• And the sport’s been very fortunate to not have anything freak or weird happen for many, many years.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2020
• Two years ago, her home was severely damaged in a freak flood.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2021
• There were four deaths in training, two of those coming in a freak collision.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2020
• The allure of the Concorde also took a serious hit with a freak accident that brought down one of the Air France planes in 2000.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 6 June 2021
• The fire and burns were a freak accident, the result of which Hamilton relied on faith and family to get through.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2022
• In the decade since his child’s death, Warner has learned that what happened to Taylor was no freak accident.
  — Eli Wolfe, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2020
• Vea is an ideal match lining up next to Geno Atkins as a 346-pound freak athlete run-stopper.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• But Bernard didn’t just start showing his freak athleticism in a Utes uniform.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
• But in 2016 a freak storm disconnected it, leading to a statewide blackout.
  — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
• Did man stage a freak car accident to cover up wife's murder?
  — CBS News, 29 Jan. 2022
• When it was thought of at all, the flood was once considered a thousand-year anomaly, a freak occurrence.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
• Carson Valley was killed in a freak accident in 2019 at Del Mar when a loose horse crashed into the Baffert trainee.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• But if flying a freak flag were the only prerequisite for a trophy this year, then Seth Meyers would have it in the bag.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 17 June 2021
• Further stacking the deck is Martha's rich, control-freak mother, Elizabeth, played by the great Ellen Burstyn.
  — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 8 Jan. 2021
• Last year, cursed by some bad luck with weather and a freak encounter with a Trophy Truck (which rolled onto it and got snagged), the Bronco R failed to finish.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2020
• In the wake of losing her 6-year-old son in a freak accident, Alicia and her husband Diego (Manolo Cardona) divorced.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 21 Dec. 2021
• The Memphis revival—both in fashion and in design—is just another signal to let your freak flag fly.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 19 May 2021
• But then Jimmy takes a midnight ride and gets into even more of a pickle, all because of a freak accident.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
• The box score will say that the game, the series, the season, were all lost on another freak goal Saturday night, a rebound off the left leg of Steven Stamkos at 13:28 of the third period.
  — Filip Bondy, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2022

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freak

3 of 3 verb

• To be in shape, to be slim and all that, takes a lot of freaking work.
  — Wendy Geller, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023
• As expected, fans of the show freaked out over the news.
  — Sarah Felbin, Women's Health, 1 June 2023
• If the very premise doesn't freak you out, the story behind it will.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 22 June 2022
• Don't freak out, the US was not in a recession at the beginning of the year.
  — NBC News, 1 May 2022
• Get ready to freak out and break it right down right to the ground when the album drops this August 19.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2022
• At some point, did the success of Dookie freak you out?
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
• These are my eyes, so don’t freak out about that now too please, oh my god.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 20 Apr. 2023
• Based on their actions, the Democrats are the most freaked out by the prospect of a No Labels ticket.
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• So cool and Kensli freaked out cause she's obsessed with The Santa Clause 3.
  — Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
• To be clear, this is just a test: Rule-breakers in other parts of the world don’t need to freak out yet.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Mar. 2022
• Instead of freaking out, spend time with them learning about the ins and outs of the business.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
• Everyone kind freaked out on the [Hip-Hop Is Dead] shirt.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
• What what’s the message to those people that are just going to freak out?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022
• Eeeek! Don't freak out — there are a couple of ways to remove any trace of your beat.
  — Seventeen, 20 Apr. 2023
• Siné took to wearing gloves so as not to freak people out.
  — Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2022
• Right-wingers saw this, freaked out, and began a boycott.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 30 May 2023
• As a final point, there’s no reason to freak out about the food recall.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 26 Aug. 2021
• The fact that Covid will always be with us should not freak people out but sober them up.
  — The Editors, National Review, 22 Dec. 2021
• In previous research, the team made the robot look and act enough like the real deal to freak out the mosquitofish.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2021
• Our role as astrologers isn’t to scare people, freak them out.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 30 June 2023
• Whether the collapse of one of the largest banks in the country leaves you freaked out or unfazed, this is a good moment to take stock.
  — Geoffrey Rogow, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2023
• But here are three reasons not to freak out -- yet -- about rising oil prices.
  — Christine Romans, CNN, 9 Mar. 2022
• My wife and daughter freak out when the tire pressure warning light comes on in their cars.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
• Even better, all Paula's Choice Kits are on sale right freaking now.
  — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 8 Nov. 2023
• Now don’t freak out, but ALF has escaped, evolved, and is coming to streaming.
  — Vulture, 24 Feb. 2022
• But Wall Street didn’t freak out over the inflation report.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• The thing that freaks me out is that AI can remove incentives for learning.
  — WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
• Brayden, 25, freaked out more when Tanner decided to take Kat, 26, on the date.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
• Does the idea of being surrounded by a ton of super-smart people freak you out?
  — Micha Goebig, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Want to audition but get freaked out by having to put yourself on tape?
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024