Examples of oddball in a Sentence
He used to be a real oddball back in high school.
she's known as the office oddball
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Russ then tries to resurrect his dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers — a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South Georgia Catfish team.
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
So will Crown Royal Chocolate achieve the oddball fandom that Peach was the recipient of a few years back?
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025
In addition to the Kung Fu Panda movies, the SoCal native led the oddball true-crime dramedy Bernie (2013) and secured another franchise hit with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
August movie releases tend to be strange outliers: oddball comedies, horror, anything that might not have been able to compete with the Marvels and Jurassic Worlds out there.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
So will Crown Royal Chocolate achieve the oddball fandom that Peach was the recipient of a few years back?
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025
In addition to the Kung Fu Panda movies, the SoCal native led the oddball true-crime dramedy Bernie (2013) and secured another franchise hit with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
August movie releases tend to be strange outliers: oddball comedies, horror, anything that might not have been able to compete with the Marvels and Jurassic Worlds out there.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oddball
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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