eccentric

Example Sentences

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Newsom’s dad helped connect the eccentric music composer “to the outside world,” the governor wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

That same year, Altman also gave him the title role in his “Brewster McCloud,” an eccentric fable about a Houston loner determined to build a pair of wings and take flight.

From Los Angeles Times

Many more eccentric characters appear, such as Tristram’s Uncle Toby, a wounded veteran who loses himself by re-creating former battles with miniatures.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meant to be all-powerful and spellbinding, he comes across as merely eccentric.

From The Wall Street Journal

MY GRANDMOTHER, MY BABCI, WAS what mother diplomatically called eccentric and my father less diplomatically called meshuggeneh.

From Literature