out of the ordinary

Example Sentences

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I have a list of 40 conservative websites that I’ll go through a couple times a week, because what I’m looking for is typically an emerging trend, or something that’s out of the ordinary.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

"It represents togetherness and something a little out of the ordinary," she said in a video released by NASA.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

"There was nothing out of the ordinary at all. No little cables hanging out or anything," Suranovas says.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

We had to admit we weren’t doing anything out of the ordinary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

I was too young to realize that something out of the ordinary was going to happen.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl