eccentricity
Example Sentences
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It jolted Mr. Pratt, now 42, out of a life steeped in gentle eccentricity, including an obsession with healing crystals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The strength of these oscillations also varied according to longer 100,000-year orbital cycles connected to changes in Earth's orbital eccentricity.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
Myllyaho also recognised the value of leaning into Finland's eccentricity, with Käärijä's rave metal anthem Cha Cha Cha becoming the breakout hit of Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Somewhere between a yearning for motherhood and a woman’s understandable hesitation about it is where the bulk of O’Hara’s onscreen interpretations lived — confidently, outlandishly, and except for Kate, clad in eccentricity.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
No obviously bad effects were noticed from these ill-advised unions, but one or two old maids or gardener boys marked a weakening of faculties and a disposition toward eccentricity in some of the children.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing eccentricity
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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The Things They Carried
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