odds and ends
Example Sentences
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Her son turns out to be Mr. Nivola’s character, the kind of guy who has a stash of $100 bills in a kitchen drawer for odds and ends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Suddenly, what was once a pile of odds and ends is a velvety, spoon-coating soup.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
"Small independents like myself are only allowed to order from a list of random mismatched odds and ends that the big shops clearly didn't want," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
“We have outtakes, and some odds and ends, but there’s nothing new,” counters McIntosh.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025
The walls were covered with knickknacks and baubles, keepsakes and trinkets that mounted up the beams to the corners of the ceiling, all crammed together in a chaotic jumble of odds and ends.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
