How to Use offbeat in a Sentence

offbeat

adjective

• She has an offbeat sense of humor.
• He often plays offbeat characters in his films.
• The performance was refreshingly offbeat.
• At its core, Tulum is a center for the arts — a haven for the quirky and offbeat.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2024
• Steering the offbeat show was one of the toughest jobs he’s ever had, and one of the most meaningful.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 5 June 2023
• All this while juggling two of the more offbeat analysts in sports.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2022
• The new agency’s founders were inclined to pitch ads that were offbeat, edgy and artistic.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2022
• The rest of Season 4 continues in this vein, putting an offbeat spin on spot-on spoofs.
  — Noel Murray, Chron, 17 Oct. 2022
• In a vacuum, the words that followed may have seemed offbeat.
  — Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2022
• Frantz said that Demme was an early choice, largely thanks to his offbeat 1980 movie Melvin and Howard.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2023
• Now, offbeat work sites are popping up in response to shifts in where people live and work.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 1 July 2023
• Some of these items strike us as slightly weird or offbeat, but that won’t stop us from sampling them.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 22 Sep. 2022
• Very pulled together in this offbeat way, and a bit boyish.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Sep. 2022
• From the offbeat mountain town of Asheville to the coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina is home to a range of climates.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2023
• The brand is known for its offbeat color combinations and puffer vests that have a three-stripe pattern across the chest.
  — oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2023
• The famed Talking Heads singer is known for his offbeat outlook on life and his conveyance of choice only makes sense.
  — Victoria Hunt, Robb Report, 1 May 2023
• And Harry Melling outshines them all in one of the more enjoyably offbeat performances of the year.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2022
• The first clue to this library’s offbeat lending habits sits inside a tall glass display case near the entrance.
  — Roy Rivenburg, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2022
• The trailer was pretty offbeat, which should be a relief for fans who love the series for its silliness.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 11 June 2023
• And that offbeat choreographer lauded in the New York Times?
  — Maria L. La Ganga, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• New Balance trainers… hold up, the actor swerved the Uptown take on normcore kicks for a more offbeat shoe.
  — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2022
• Mae is a woman in her sixties who views her, now far from glamorous, life with a dry, offbeat sense of humor.
  — Rachel Connolly, The New Republic, 12 Sep. 2023
• Told with the offbeat humor and style that was a signature of so much of Gordon’s work, the memoir doesn’t just focus on the horror.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• Its humorous, offbeat style Vuong has long admired and now feels ready to enact in his work.
  — WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022
• The offbeat styling had tights and leggings worn as pants, and the hair deliberately disheveled.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2023
• Like the book itself, Origin has its share of detours, lyrical asides, big steps backward, and offbeat arias.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2024
• Travis acknowledged that not everyone is going to be a fan of his more offbeat looks.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
• Josie is just the latest offbeat character that Edebiri has played.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• Erratic feelings can take over our day as the bold Moon clashes with offbeat Uranus to distract us.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
• Mell forged a new vision of Southwestern landscape, angular and striking, familiar but offbeat — like maybe if Picasso used a ruler.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024