oddness

Example Sentences

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“The joy of being able to write something where they're like, ‘Great, this is exactly the kind of oddness we want,’ Taika and Jemaine really pushed that, I think.”

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2024

Sometimes she contemplates the oddness of particular terms, like the “surround” of a bathtub, or the caramel “drizzle” on a coffee drink.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

There were glimpses too into the sheer oddness of his life.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2023

The allegory of inner versus outer beauty is complicated by Stacey’s oddness — her thematically resonant hobby is taxidermy, in which she enshrines outer beauty by replacing animals’ insides with Styrofoam.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2022

For the moment, the oddness of my showing up was funnier than it was confrontational.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos