How to Use oddity in a Sentence

oddity

noun

• Her shyness makes her a bit of an oddity in the business world.
• The zoo has such oddities as anteaters and platypuses.
• Because that’s the way the world is, awash in death and oddity.
  — Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2021
• In a bit of an oddity, the Huskies have not played any of the teams in the sectional.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2021
• The other Razr oddity that has been axed is the top notch.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022
• One oddity in the play counts for the Dolphins was tight end.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• This oddity has not been missed in the French reception to the film.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
• In the era of peak TV, grade-A oddity is only a mouse-click away.
  — Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2021
• And, and so the timing of this announcement was, was kind of the big oddity here.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
• The oddity is that something like this happened, and, on the whole, no one seems to mind.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020
• Yet some oddities meant that an ocean couldn't be ruled out.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
• The oddity of the moment isn’t lost on tight end Miller Forristall.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 4 Sep. 2020
• The only oddity is a small metal plate in the middle of the glasses, right over the bridge of the nose, which is a sensor.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
• The second oddity is that Herbert wasn’t even supposed to be the starter in 2020.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2020
• In a bit of an oddity, there is one team with a losing record in this week’s rankings.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 27 Oct. 2021
• The oddity of Cyrus's fashion is par for the course at Paris Fashion Week, which took place last week.
  — Amanda Curran, Glamour, 3 Feb. 2023
• The first was thanks to an oddity of watching TV via screeners.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021
• The practice is thought of as a bit of an oddity outside of the UK, Ireland and Australia.
  — Kristine Romano, refinery29.com, 12 June 2024
• With the body of an adult and the brain of an infant, Bella is an intriguing oddity.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• One oddity is the staircase, which was repurposed from a home down the street.
  — Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful, 27 Sep. 2021
• Saint-Saëns’ use of the organ is an oddity, but so is the piano, with two pianists who sit next to the organ.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• Crew’s life was steeped in oddity from the very beginning.
  — Alex Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
• Though an oddity for the area, and a relic of naval warfare, the office does not plan to keep the cannonball.
  — James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• The oddity must also be used as part of a larger vision.
  — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 Jan. 2024
• Sometimes the oddity on a menu might be the chef’s passion project, which is reason enough to order it.
  — Eric Kim, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• Here's an oddity for this 3's-are-wild era in the NBA: Through two rounds, the number of 3-pointers made will dip from last season.
  — Tim Reynolds, Star Tribune, 19 June 2021
• That makes the oddity of each image even more pronounced.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022
• For good measure, Ericsson took flight briefly in that win on the streets of Nashville to add to the oddity.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2023
• The only admitted oddity that worked: the digital twin that can help Siemens build huge factories with the changes made on a small-scale model to save time and trim waste.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2024
• The ghosts of Mockingbird Lane invite you to the seventh annual Halloween Market filled with oddities, art and macabre makings.
  — Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024