oddly

Example Sentences

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The bottom of the pickle jar feels oddly sentimental.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

The streets of Saida were oddly busy on Thursday - the marina area filled with beach goers eating lunch, and not a tent for the displaced in sight.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Instead, it has an oddly shaped chunk of metal at its heart, spinning inside an oblong chamber in which the usual cycle of compression, combustion and exhaust takes place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

One unit — it would be a spoiler to specify which — evaporates toward the climax and, oddly, isn’t missed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

In this account of the creation the gods seemed bent on experimenting with the various metals, and, oddly enough, proceeding downward from the excellent to the good to the worse and so on.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton