How to Use eccentric in a Sentence

eccentric

1 of 2 adjective

• He was a kind but eccentric man.
• She's become more eccentric over the years.
• Think of this as the more eccentric cousin to the puff sleeve.
  — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 27 Jan. 2021
• Both of the brunettes gave a nod to the Y2K era with their very eccentric hairstyles.
  — Chelsea Avila, Allure, 22 Sep. 2022
• The concepts in this film are so wild and eccentric, like the thumb henchmen and the Fooglies.
  — Iana Murray, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2021
• The mythology dated back to the man who’d built it in the ’50s—an eccentric bowhunter.
  — David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2021
• First come the artists, then the charmingly eccentric bars and cafes that cater to them.
  — Anne Kadet, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2017
• The true high points of the franchise were the secret agent penguins and eccentric lemurs the quartet met along the way.
  — Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• Jonathan Smoots will play the wily and eccentric Captain Shotover.
  — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2017
• After the first rep, guys will speed up the eccentric portion of the lift, and drop the bar into the ground quickly.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
• The Texas Rangers are known for their eccentric ballpark food.
  — Brayden Garcia, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2020
• What counts as eccentric in the garden, and what counts as a folly?
  — James Fenton, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
• Though, on the whole, Lisa prefers more eccentric vessels.
  — 1843, 2 July 2020
• Bird nerds take note: There’s an eccentric here who goes by the name Birdman George.
  — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2018
• True to form for the eccentric and bombastic Musk, the headlines didn’t end there.
  — NBC News, 11 Apr. 2022
• And what about produce that’s so eccentric that even a farmer won’t deign to consume it?
  — Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
• In Berlin, artists, writers, and the stylishly eccentric mingled in clubs and cabarets.
  — Karen Burshtein, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2018
• Each event the staff works at forces them to endure a menagerie of difficult, quirky, and eccentric guests (and guest stars).
  — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• That was just the start for the eccentric but always dynamic Moss.
  — Barry Wilner, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2018
• And this is not an eccentric detail in a quirky Netflix rom-com.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• Touch base with someone who is a bit eccentric, and make plans to visit.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018
• Or maybe all of my me's were guests at a wedding buffet planned by an eccentric bride.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2019
• And for good reason, this carpet has been the home of so many insanely eccentric looks over the years.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
• But not all were thrilled; some found Jonas too strident or eccentric.
  — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
• Williams' home shows open with the host seated at a dining table with eccentric decor in the background.
  — Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
• Even her eccentric, dying mom is more than a little wary of her.
  — Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 23 May 2018
• The show was jammed with classic black tuxedoes, though David Byrne—ever the eccentric—popped out in his stark-white Colonel Sanders-y suit.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2023
• This means your muscles are working hard in both the concentric and eccentric portions of the move.
  — SELF, 31 July 2021
• The song-and-dance movie about the early days of the eccentric chocolatier opened to No. 1 in North America with $39 million.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Dec. 2023
• So there was always a house full of eccentric people and a lot of them were musicians.
  — Annie Alleman, Elgin Courier-News, 7 Mar. 2018

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eccentric

2 of 2 noun

• The drag queens, the outcasts, the eccentrics were all there.
  — Alyssa Hardy, refinery29.com, 6 Nov. 2023
• Today, there are few traces of the artists and eccentrics who once stalked the Chelsea’s halls.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• Others might feel the need to rein themselves in and play the straight woman to anchor a cast of eccentrics.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 May 2023
• Even among the thin ranks of eccentrics who practice eremitism, Zdarsky was going to do things his way, too.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• The show was run by male eccentrics with money, shot in Vegas, and adored by young boys across the country.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2019
• The game of baseball has always had a special place for the eccentric.
  — Leigh Montville, WSJ, 26 May 2022
• White suede bucks are not solely the domain of rich yachtsmen and eccentrics.
  — The Fashion Editors, Esquire, 25 June 2010
• My dad was a world-class eccentric in ways that go beyond what polio did to him.
  — Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Sep. 2021
• Just a few years ago, Musk was largely written off as a fringe eccentric on the verge of poverty.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 13 Dec. 2021
• Once a nerdy eccentric of the video art scene, Mr. Viola, at age 66, is now the world’s most famous video artist.
  — A.j. Goldmann, WSJ, 12 July 2017
• And this Spring/Summer 2022 is all about high/low, bold, the look for less and an abundance of attitude — a playground for the good, the great and the eccentric.
  — Tyrus Townsend, Essence, 28 Apr. 2022
• Jazz-age eccentrics like Aleister Crowley took it as a direct line to the occult.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2019
• Sad to think Jackson got too old or too tired or too out of touch with what the world wants today and sadder still to think that sports has no use for eccentrics.
  — Bernie Lincicome, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017
• This works the eccentric (lowering) phase of the movement, which is an efficient way to build strength.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2021
• As the muse, creative consultant, and spouse of designer Rick Owens, Lamy is one of the fashion world's coolest eccentrics.
  — Meirav Devash, Allure, 10 Sep. 2017
• If barbecue and Cajun are the mom and dad of 225° Urban Smoke, their kids are the ragtag band of Southern eccentrics drawing on the wall with crayons.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• Emphasize the eccentric by taking four to six seconds reach the bottom point next to your head.
  — Men's Health, 19 July 2023
• There was a vivid gay energy that made this wild enclave of NOLA eccentrics seem like a glitter dam that was about to break.
  — Kelsy Chauvin, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 June 2018
• Swedish skier Henrik Harlaut is known as an eccentric on the slopes.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2022
• Parking: Street Crowd: Neighbors, eccentrics and late-night drinkers.
  — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• First, the bench stops your arms from descending too far during the eccentric (lowering) part of the movement.
  — Kirk Charles, Men's Health, 24 May 2022
• Southern culture has always had a place for eccentrics.
  — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2018
• Grainger deposited his luggage in the trunk of the car and, as was his wont, this most eccentric of all major composers jogged alongside the taxi to the train station.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022
• Jacob Kurowicki's love affair with cars doesn't end at track weapons and posh land yachts, but rather extends to the dopey and eccentric.
  — Nicole Lazarus, Car and Driver, 7 Dec. 2022
• Piston valves for the cylinders were operated by eccentrics next to their cranks, and the feed-water pump was controlled by the left-cylinder crank.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2017
• Showrunner Michael Schur and several returning Parks staffers pack the script with grace notes and callbacks, plus check-ins from beloved Pawnee eccentrics.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 May 2020
• Until now emergency preparation has been the preserve of a small band of eccentrics.
  — The Economist, 5 Mar. 2020
• Piston valves for the cylinders were operated by eccentrics next to their cranks, and the feed-water pump was controlled by the left-cylinder crank.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2017
• For example, in a barbell bicep curl, the concentric portion of that lift happens on the way up, and the eccentric happens on the way down.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2022
• Bill embraced fashion’s eccentrics and didn’t care about celebrities.
  — Joanna Nikas and Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 July 2016

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