How to Use odd couple in a Sentence

odd couple

noun
  • The pair described themselves as a bit of an odd couple.
    Julia Shumway, oregonlive, 14 June 2023
  • Stress and fun clash like a classic odd couple at South By Southwest.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Set in a Buenos Aires prison, the drama sets up a political odd couple.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Hollywood is hoping the summer blockbuster odd couple can give a boost to the box office.
    Ann-Marie Alcántara, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Searles and Erskine appear on the surface to be an odd couple.
    Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The canine odd couple likes to spend their days lounging together, going on walks, playing in the yard, and people-watching.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
  • At first blush, Volkswagen and Rivian appear to be a fairly odd couple.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 June 2024
  • An actual farm animal took the stage with co-hosts Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks during the odd couple's opening monologue.
    Matthew Leimkuehler, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • In March, two canines got attention online for their odd couple appearance.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
  • Cinnamon the goat and Felix the dog may look like an odd couple, but these unlikely animal friends are inseparable.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Abbott and Qualley make an ideal odd couple, in sync throughout their characters’ many gradations.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 2 June 2023
  • In the four years since their unlikely bond was posted online, the odd couple has attracted almost two million followers on Instagram and Facebook.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Throughout the years, Manet and Degas remained an odd couple, particularly in their politics.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The United States and Saudi Arabia were also an ideological odd couple.
    F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But the political odd couple has now come together to jointly sponsor a new bill, the Presidential Ethics Reform Act, with each side seeking something partisan and the public winning in the end.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 May 2024
  • The film is an evocation of character, place and time, the tempo alternating between moody and lively, like our central odd couple, laconic Benny and chatterbox Kathy.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • Yet this odd couple gained Original Ray’s Pizza-like ascendancy in local dining.
    Alex Traub, New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • It's been an odd couple of years for film as the industry struggles to regain its footing in the wake of a devastating global pandemic, but there are reasons to be optimistic about its future, both from a box office and variety standpoint.
    Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Elder Price, a seemingly perfect young Mormon man, gets teamed up with the dorky and clingy Elder Cunningham for their mission assignment — an odd couple that proselytizes together.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Wafula and Kasumba are an odd couple, one formed by necessity and forged with determination.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023

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