eccentric
Example Sentences
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What the more casual spectator wants, and gets, is a highly dramatic, bingeable distillation of a sport that involves multimillion-dollar cars going in eccentric circles.
What was viewed as merely eccentric in 1956, when Gavin Maxwell brought an otter back from the Tigris marshes, would now be seen as unethical, not to mention illegal.
He was awkward, brooding and uneasy outside his eccentric family.
The case attracted huge public attention, with Martin's supporters casting him as a man taking a stand to defend his home - and others believing he was a violent eccentric turned vigilante.
From BBC
Newsom’s dad helped connect the eccentric music composer “to the outside world,” the governor wrote.
From Los Angeles Times
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