How to Use odd in a Sentence

odd

adjective

• She had an odd look on her face.
• Some rather odd people used to live in this house.
• People would call at odd hours during the night.
• It's odd that nobody told me about this before.
• That's odd. He was here a minute ago.
• She kept a stack of magazines that she would read at odd moments.
• There was something odd about his story.
• She's got a really odd sense of humor.
• During the summer, he would do odd jobs for his neighbors to earn extra money.
• That is one of the oddest creatures I have ever seen.
• Such odd twists may be a red flag of a bait-and-switch post.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2023
• Okay, yes, some of the word choice in that video is slightly odd.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2023
• In an odd way, Dostoevsky has a feeling for the homeless of the earth.
  — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• The corps’ 33rd Mechanized Brigade might be the oddest of them all.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• That’s the odd spot the Cowboys find themselves in due to decades of playoff failures.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• The name of the part gives the game away—the transmission features two clutches and two shafts, one with the even gears, the other with the odd gears.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2023
• During the day the skies are clear of planes, an odd absence for a capital city.
  — WIRED, 25 July 2023
• But Schwartz’s sweater also has an odd sheen, flat cabling, and loose cuffs.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2023
• The use of odd sounds, ranging from cloud-chamber bowls to a glockenspiel.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
• So, to help make ends meet, the future movie star took on several odd jobs.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• The novel follows Daphne Bell, a young woman with an odd gift from the universe.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
• Think of history’s greatest tanks, and the M4 Sherman would seem to be an odd choice.
  — Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
• There was something odd about that revelation and about the man who gave it to her.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
• Pull out all of those olives and odd pickles, plus a few raw vegetables.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
• The pair worked odd jobs on the side and helped take care of their mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer.
  — Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 24 May 2023
• This has the odd effect of making the dialogue stand out even more, as if it were inscribed on the screen.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
• That nothing is both the theme and central mystery of this odd, melancholy book.
  — Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• To a geochemist, this might initially feel like an odd choice.
  — Celia Ford, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2023
• Sounds odd, but the versatility and breadth of the oil can surprise you.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• The man slurred his words while talking to police and his behavior was odd.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024