oddballs
Example Sentences
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The period has been the subject of many other nostalgia pieces, though usually without chittering little oddballs at the center of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Change-inducing nonconformists are out there on the edge of progress, pushing that boulder up the hill, sweating and usually being called oddballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
They wind up getting cast, under strained dramatic circumstances, in the school musical, and a romance of sensitive oddballs blossoms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
Others are just attention-grabbing oddballs, like Golden Curls, a corkscrew willow with twisted yellow stems.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
A few oddballs from the Political Science department wore black armbands.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
