How to Use wacky in a Sentence

wacky

adjective
  • My wacky aunt takes a swim before the lake freezes every winter.
  • The son is earnest; the dad is kind of wacky and cringey.
    Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The Orioles went ahead 8-6 in the ninth on a wacky play.
    Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • On the other hand, some wacky ideas didn't make the cut.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2022
  • That’s the way the ball bounces in the wacky realm of politics.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • But the bottom of the West still has the potential to get wacky in the last week.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Cards drawn at the end of each very short round change the rules of the game, sometimes in wacky ways.
    Rachel Kaufman, Smithsonian, 11 Dec. 2019
  • What are some of the wackiest things you’ve been asked to do?
    Alix Strauss, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The Mountain West has been wild and wacky, without a doubt.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • As a result of the wacky play, the run scored before Barrero tagged Quiroz to spoil the shutout.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Dozens of wacky faces and doodles stare back as the ride goes in circle.
    Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
  • As if that wasn't cool enough, the cars are painted with some wacky paint jobs.
    Sasha Richie, Car and Driver, 8 July 2022
  • This is because the Moon is in your sign at odds with wild, wacky Uranus.
    Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2025
  • This idea comes to me in the middle of the night: Guy on death row, 10 days left to live, crazy, wacky prison guard.
    Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The future of wild and wacky face masks is clearly now.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2021
  • There’s some wild and wacky stuff going on at this World Cup.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Rick and Morty is back with its fifth episode of the already wild and wacky season six!
    oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Some of the pacing is off, and some lines get lost, but the wacky world-building wins out.
    Matthew Love, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2021
  • What’s more fun than wacky mashups like Chinese food in a taco?
    Kyle Smith, National Review, 17 Apr. 2020
  • The company hopes the wacky back panel will blow you away.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The lake record is still a monster though, caught just a couple years ago on a wacky rig.
    Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The wild and wacky La Liga is a jumbled mess at the top with no team getting off to a great start.
    Si Wire, SI.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • To be with you to see the courtship, the love, to be invited to your wedding as your wacky black cousin.
    Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • That sweet spot — not wacky, not fussy — is key, Almonte said.
    Mari-Jane Williams, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Six Patriots touched the ball on wild and wacky final play in the loss to the Dolphins.
    BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The mind is also a place of exploration and wacky high jinks.
    Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
  • To give yourself the best chance at catching bass around bream beds, fish a wacky rig.
    Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 9 May 2024
  • What, after all, is a sitcom wacky neighbor but the id of the show, its chaos agent?
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
  • While exploring the fantasy worlds of Zoe and the sci-fi worlds of Mio, there is a balance of high-stakes events and wacky chaos that blends seamlessly.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • And nowhere is that more true with its inflatable mascot, Scabby the Rat, a sort of gender outlaw to the wacky waving inflatable tube man.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 6 Mar. 2025

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