oddball

Example Sentences

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So, too, did all of his department heads on their own fiefdoms and the oddball band Tune-Yards on the score, a cacophony of circus oompahs, mouth harps and kazoos.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

In the sections of “Why We Make,” displays of historic artisanry are too often marred by oddball amateurism.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

"For a long time, no one knew quite what to make of these oddball little blips of dimming," Bouma said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

French, who plays 'widow' Debbie Fendon, said: "This is a sitcom about a very strange little oddball family who commit a massive fraud but pretend that it's no big deal."

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

To be sure, people sensed he was an oddball at the time, disconcertingly gifted, outspoken, irreverent - in short, a strange mix of child and sage.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall