odds and ends
Example Sentences
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He said he moved the safe, which contained odds and ends, on a hot day to make more room for election observers.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
She’s long been a prolific sender of care packages — sweets, soup mixes, plants, little odds and ends she thinks I might like.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
About eight years ago she launched a series of Instagram videos in which she whips up meals using leftovers and other odds and ends she finds in her fridge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
"Small independents like myself are only allowed to order from a list of random mismatched odds and ends that the big shops clearly didn't want," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
It was a jumble of Chinese odds and ends.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
