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
As the only biracial, Jewish kid with divorced parents in a predominantly white, Christian community, Decker wrote he constantly felt like the odd one out.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024
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
"I used to feel like the odd one out as there weren't any other black divers," she tells BBC Sport.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 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
