oddballs
Example Sentences
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As directed by James Griffiths, Mr. Basden and Mr. Key’s screenplay hearkened back to “Local Hero” with its warm glow of appreciation for U.K. oddballs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
They advocate educating young scientists in how to communicate to the public about how they work, presenting an “easily recognizable public face so we are not seen as white-coated oddballs lurking in dark corners.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
Others are just attention-grabbing oddballs, like Golden Curls, a corkscrew willow with twisted yellow stems.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024
Compared to the familiar moons of our Solar System, they would all be oddballs: at least twice the size of Ganymede, the largest moon in the Solar System and therefore almost as big as Earth.
From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023
A few oddballs from the Political Science department wore black armbands.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
