nutty

Example Sentences

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You probably know it already — you’ve seen oil pumpjacks laboring away in nutty places, like on the La Cienega Boulevard shortcut through Baldwin Hills to the airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Grace dubs his new friend “Rocky,” and their trans-galactically nutty friendship is one of the most endearing relationships between man and thing since Tom Hanks met Wilson the volleyball in “Cast Away.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

“Things have reached such a nutty point where Caterpillar’s power and energy business has overtaken everything else the manufacturer does in terms of sales growth across all divisions,” the economist wrote.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

Let me slide two identical batches of granola across the breakfast nook toward you—a cheeky little mix that smells like maple syrup, toasted almonds, and nutty puffed rice.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025

A sheep's fleece curled from the bare nutty back of a pale stump, but the poor thing couldn't baa without nostrils or a mouth.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez