odds and ends
Example Sentences
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Her son turns out to be Mr. Nivola’s character, the kind of guy who has a stash of $100 bills in a kitchen drawer for odds and ends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
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
Suddenly, what was once a pile of odds and ends is a velvety, spoon-coating soup.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
"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 seemed this was a place where odds and ends were kept too; every few feet, her toe stubbed against an old broom or mop, a broken chair long since forgotten.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
