oddly

Example Sentences

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The bottom of the pickle jar feels oddly sentimental.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

It looks like an oddly shaped boat with an arm of floaties extending outward to one end of the rocky shore.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

"Users complained about the model being oddly overfamiliar in conversation, which prompted an investigation into specific verbal tics," the company wrote in its blog post on Thursday.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The Eastlands went to inspect and discovered, oddly, that the water was not coming from the swelling river.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

May looked at him oddly for a second longer, then motioned him over to an enormous fireplace easily twice as tall as Jack.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley