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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Mother Monster is another oddball capable of playing it arrestingly straight.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The premises were a little complicated and surreal, using Gaga’s oddball energy to their advantage.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2025
After emerging as one of the most charming oddballs on The Adventures of Pete & Pete, a 10-year-old Trachtenberg got her first starring role in 1996's Harriet the Spy, an adaptation of Louise Fitzhugh's beloved 1964 book.
—EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Its cocktails span the exotic and the oddball, including the Vienna Strudel, with mascarpone cheese, apple caviar and cinnamon raisins, and the Tokyo Drift, a blend of Japanese shochu, mezcal and vermouth crowned with lychee-wasabi air bubbles.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2025
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The premises were a little complicated and surreal, using Gaga’s oddball energy to their advantage.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2025
After emerging as one of the most charming oddballs on The Adventures of Pete & Pete, a 10-year-old Trachtenberg got her first starring role in 1996's Harriet the Spy, an adaptation of Louise Fitzhugh's beloved 1964 book.
—EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Its cocktails span the exotic and the oddball, including the Vienna Strudel, with mascarpone cheese, apple caviar and cinnamon raisins, and the Tokyo Drift, a blend of Japanese shochu, mezcal and vermouth crowned with lychee-wasabi air bubbles.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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