oddball

Example Sentences

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M31-2014-DS1 initially stood out as an "oddball," De says, but it now seems to be one of several examples, including NGC 6946-BH1.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

His gently oddball vision of loner heroics has plenty of terror-steeped imagery to go with the referential sound design’s aural innocence of antiquated bloops, blurps and synthetic tones.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

It’s an engaging, slightly cartoonish story that shows off Ms. Cash’s talent for producing rapid-fire dialogue and amiably oddball characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

French, who plays 'widow' Debbie Fendon, said: "This is a sitcom about a very strange little oddball family who commit a massive fraud but pretend that it's no big deal."

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

A secret about jelly beans and Ingestible Knowledge and an oddball scientist named Haazim Farooqi that they hadn’t shared with anybody, either.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein