odd
Example Sentences
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In “Scavengers,” the mother-and-daughter odd couple are too bumbling to make any headway.
The promo seemed like an odd choice given how the network evening news anchor has traditionally been a position requiring gravitas and comforting familiarity for its habit-driven audience.
From Los Angeles Times
In Hollywood, there’s an old joke among wannabe actors scraping by doing odd jobs between auditions: “Well, right now I’m parking cars, but what I really want to do is direct!”
From Salon
"I thought it was kind of odd, but then the next day, one of the top Parkinson's experts in the world reached out to me and asked if he could help me."
From BBC
Increasing the cost of hiring an employee is an odd way of addressing the supposed affordability crisis.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
