How to Use unusual in a Sentence

unusual

adjective

• It's not unusual for him to stay late at work.
• She has an unusual name.
• The Patek Philippe stands out as the most unusual of the bunch.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2022
• The first thing to note is just how unusual such twin pairs are.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2022
• When the judges were polled after the race, the results were unusual.
  — Frank Litsky, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• So have a blast and buy some fun with these gag gifts that range from the crude to the unusual and beyond.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2022
• The last couple of years have been very unusual for flu and RSV.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2022
• All of those jokes and rhymes getting to play out in a song is so unusual.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
• So the 65th running of the race was unusual in that respect.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2024
• Spring rain is not unusual, but a cold spring rain is rare.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023
• Tcheng said the man had a very high risk of dying, but his case wasn’t unusual.
  — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Dec. 2022
• In fact, a study out of Australia shows that's not unusual.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 21 Feb. 2024
• The use of green and yellow was also highly unusual to see from the brand.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
• Their taste was highly unusual in their peer group, where Top 40 pop ruled the day.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2022
• His parents divorced, which was highly unusual — for the heir to the throne and his wife to do.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 Jan. 2023
• The species is unusual in that males and females stay with their mothers for life.
  — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
• In the stratosphere of top tech CEOs, Karp is an unusual figure.
  — TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
• The thing that is unusual, Rubio said, is the decision to shoot them down.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2023
• Swim: One of the most unusual swimming pools in the country is turning 100.
  — Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2024
• To stop and think about a question for that long is unusual for a baseball player.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2022
• Olsen: And this seems like such a really bold and sort of unusual choice for her as a follow-up.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
• Only this time his brother bought the booze, which was unusual.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2023
• The artist’s shift from painting to photography and back again wasn’t unusual for the time.
  — Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
• While the sight is not unusual during stretches of cold weather, the sheer volume of sea cows stuck out to them.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
• Later, my son hit me in the back of the head with his toy sword, but that is not unusual and is barely worth mentioning.
  — Douglas Watson, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2022
• This was unusual for the 32-year-old, who spoke to her parents about every other day.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
• As for the tensions in the first half of 2023 which led to this most unusual situation, O’Neill has no comment.
  — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
• Even in a city where car thefts have soared, the police vehicle theft seemed unusual.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
• This, in and of itself, isn’t that unusual: Bad cocktails get forgotten all the time.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2024
• Losing is nothing new in Chicago, but the spate of firings was unusual.
  — Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025