How to Use out of the ordinary in a Sentence

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  • This isn't anything out of the ordinary for the activist and actress.
    Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 10 May 2023
  • The linen and cotton textiles came out a bit wrinkled, but that’s nothing out of the ordinary.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The warm weather to conclude the year and begin the next is definitely out of the ordinary.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2022
  • And to me, what was fun about Markkanen’s performance is that nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
  • So gearing up for a two-week stretch to end the regular season is nothing out of the ordinary.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • No one at the car wash reported seeing anything out of the ordinary.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2023
  • TikTok page today, there’s very little that feels out of the ordinary.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022
  • But none of the other Guardians react as if the lumbering dendron has done anything out of the ordinary.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 May 2023
  • But are this year's storms something out of the ordinary, and something that can be attributed to climate change?
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Yet something quite out of the ordinary has already happened in Ryazan, which is only 300 miles from the border with Ukraine.
    Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • At first, the events are grim, but nothing out of the ordinary; a baby dies in an alleyway, and a former soldier beats his wife.
    Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Terance Mann called it nothing out of the ordinary — another role change in a career, and season, full of them.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • What is out of the ordinary is the extent, as documented in The Times story, to which Williams’ father, Carl, has gone to build his 19-year-old into a brand.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • Criddle's order doesn't appear to show Sanchez doing anything out of the ordinary in her job as a reporter.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Stanley explained to McDonald that the family had a good time on the call and to them, there had been nothing out of the ordinary, nothing that should yield any red flags.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The best of them not only bring great ingredients to your table (saving you a trip to the store), but spark a creative drive to make something a little out of the ordinary.
    Men's Health, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Treatment rooms are out of the ordinary, with rooms overlooking the beautiful gardens through one-sided windows.
    Michele Robson, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Sukhdeep Singh, a brother of the victims, pleaded with local residents to jog their memories or check surveillance video for anything out of the ordinary this week.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Outfit coordinating with her toddler isn't out of the ordinary for Union.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 July 2022
  • Visitors to Birmingham’s The Summit may have noticed something out of the ordinary recently - or, in a strange way, familiar.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Addepar’s reductions are not out of the ordinary for normal, growing companies, the first person said.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Bankman-Fried’s spectacular fall, however, was nothing out of the ordinary.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022
  • So why are the Bay Area’s daytime temperatures running close to what’s expected around this time of the year while nighttime temperatures continue to feel like something out of the ordinary?
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
  • That morning, the National Weather Service had predicted that a low pressure area was going to swiftly move south past the northwest corner of Oregon, creating nothing out of the ordinary.
    oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Pet parents can check on their pooches' health status, based on data from the tracker and console, on the Joipaw app, which also offers warnings when anything out of the ordinary is detected — like the early signs of canine dementia or joint issues.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Get out of the house and do something out of the ordinary and nostalgic together: anything from bowling to paintballing, racecar driving, ice skating, hiking, rock climbing, trapeze-ing, rollerskating, or even laser-tagging.
    Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The attorney, Pat Moore, went through a large closet and found nothing out of the ordinary, a person familiar with the matter said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
    Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Although wet winters and dry summers are a natural part of California's weather patterns going back millennia, the question arises: Are this year's storms something out of the ordinary?
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • However, the silence isn't entirely out of the ordinary for Yellowstone—Paramount Network, where the show airs, famously didn't confirm that Yellowstone season five was happening until over a month after the season four finale aired.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2023

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