eccentricity
Example Sentences
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Fabled Southern heritage has devolved into crackpot eccentricity, but that only deepens Louise’s adoration for the holdouts who honor it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
I’d seen the series countless times, often quoting the hilarious lines that she delivered with such singular eccentricity — dripping with sequin-laced cunning.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
I can’t decide if it’s eccentricity, a clever psych-out-the-competition move, or just Mikaela Shiffrin being Mikaela Shiffrin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
"It was just the eccentricity of one particular goalkeeper in one particular moment which had a commentator rubbing his eyes in disbelief," adds Tyler.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025
There was a word for it in Newspeak: ownlife, it was called, meaning individualism and eccentricity.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing eccentricity
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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The Things They Carried
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