How to Use bizarre in a Sentence

bizarre

1 of 2 adjective
  • I just heard the most bizarre story.
  • She wore a bizarre outfit.
  • The chase for the home run crown might turn even more bizarre.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Here's a look at some of the most bizarre cup draws of all time.
    SI.com, 21 June 2019
  • That race turned out to have a bunch of bizarre twists and turns.
    Grace Segers, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
  • This is a bizarre story — but par for the course at the same time.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Aug. 2022
  • And the problem they were asked to solve was so bizarre.
    CBS News, 1 Jan. 2020
  • From the boring to the bizarre, there’s no telling what will turn up.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • And, more important, what are some of the most bizarre rules of the bunch?
    Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 3 May 2018
  • This is bizarre — from the voice to the makeup/costume.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2020
  • In another bizarre twist, the Harts just sold the house.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 17 May 2021
  • These Rangers series have been bizarre, to say the least.
    James Yasko, Chron, 7 July 2021
  • That's bizarre, to have gone from nine years singing all the time, day in day out.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • This is a bizarre time in the history of the world to be single.
    Sarah Yarkin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2020
  • That’s not to say that the only way to stand out on Hinge is to be bizarre.
    NBC News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The trend is simple and bizarre in the way that these things always are.
    Jack Moore, GQ, 26 Jan. 2018
  • One of those big birdies followed a bizarre moment on the 14th hole.
    Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2019
  • However, some of the most bizarre anecdotes in the film are true.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 7 Dec. 2020
  • So this one was in keeping with that trend: thrilling and even a bit bizarre.
    Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Its skeleton is among the most bizarre of all dinosaurs, the study said.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
  • The key will be what comes of them, and how the show grows, even as our world becomes more and more bizarre.
    Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The last few months have been bizarre and hard to comprehend.
    Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 1 June 2020
  • The judge did not address the bizarre incident in open court.
    Fox News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • San Jose State's first hit came on a bizarre hop in the dirt off the bat of Hardy near the first base bag in the third inning.
    Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
  • At times there are journeys in the mind of an actor that can seem bizarre.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The timing of the leak could be seen as either bizarre or inspired.
    Washington Post, 5 May 2017
  • Much ink has been spilled about how bizarre EyeSight is.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But the rebel attacks are still likely to blame—albeit, in a bizarre way.
    Dell Cameron Andrew Couts, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Gutierrez said yes — turning a bizarre night into one of the best of their lives.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Call it bizarre, as Gabrielle says to Louis when the two find themselves in their favorite, now inexplicably empty, nightclub.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
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bizarre

2 of 2 noun
  • Cole left with a five-run inning full of the bizarre on his resume.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • There’s a mix of the old-fashioned bizarre with rampant, of-the-moment social anxiety.
    Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The 212 bronze, iron and granite sculptures examine the human form, ranging from the beautiful to the bizarre.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Simply put, perhaps something bizarre happened with the Yankees.
    Andrew Joseph, STAT, 18 May 2021
  • Here are three winners, and losers, of baseball's annual midsummer bizarre.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Founded in 1980 in Milan, Italy, the Memphis Group was a collective of designers and architects whose colorful, attention-grabbing style verged on the bizarre.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2021
  • For mainstream media outlets, which endlessly covered Trump’s 2016 campaign as a bizarre and (for them, at least) lucrative spectacle, Trump’s fitful public re-emergence is something of a test.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The Instagram account grew bizarre: Spears regularly posted multiple near-identical photos of herself, and also videos of herself dancing alone, passionately, in her house.
    Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021
  • Theorists are in a frenzy over these bizarre, but potentially useful, hypothetical particles that can only move in combination with one another. Save this story for later.
    Thomas Lewton, Wired, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Cole left with a five-run inning full of the bizarre on his resume.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • There’s a mix of the old-fashioned bizarre with rampant, of-the-moment social anxiety.
    Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The 212 bronze, iron and granite sculptures examine the human form, ranging from the beautiful to the bizarre.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Simply put, perhaps something bizarre happened with the Yankees.
    Andrew Joseph, STAT, 18 May 2021
  • Here are three winners, and losers, of baseball's annual midsummer bizarre.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Founded in 1980 in Milan, Italy, the Memphis Group was a collective of designers and architects whose colorful, attention-grabbing style verged on the bizarre.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2021
  • For mainstream media outlets, which endlessly covered Trump’s 2016 campaign as a bizarre and (for them, at least) lucrative spectacle, Trump’s fitful public re-emergence is something of a test.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The Instagram account grew bizarre: Spears regularly posted multiple near-identical photos of herself, and also videos of herself dancing alone, passionately, in her house.
    Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021
  • Theorists are in a frenzy over these bizarre, but potentially useful, hypothetical particles that can only move in combination with one another. Save this story for later.
    Thomas Lewton, Wired, 1 Aug. 2021

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