odds and ends
Example Sentences
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In contrast to a designer, a tinkerer must, Jacob argued, manage with odds and ends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 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
“We have outtakes, and some odds and ends, but there’s nothing new,” counters McIntosh.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025
But there’s joy in piecing together meals from odds and ends in the pantry.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2024
A surging sweep of many odds and ends came together and formed an attitude, a perspective.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
