odd one out

Example Sentences

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“But it’s really a coming-of-age story about being the odd one out and I felt such a connection to that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

"That's all I knew. I didn't really want to do it, but I just thought, well, everybody else is doing it and I didn't really want to be the odd one out."

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025

England is the odd one out with a 2003 triumph for the northern hemisphere that is a distant memory.

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2023

And she’s no longer deemed to be the odd one out.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023

All the same, as that summer approached, I began to feel more and more the odd one out.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro