quirky
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Shannon, 29, is a project planner and scheduler from Gloucestershire, who was taught to bake by her beloved nan and describes her style as whimsical, quirky and rustic.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
You can find quirky kitty tchotchkes, funny feline-themed mugs and hats with cats on them, as well as a vast array of vintage pop culture items, clothing and jewelry sans cats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
In addition to those quirky flavor names like Smokey Dokey and Here Comes Truffle, it was selling holographic roller skates and being pen pals with fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
However, it features a number of very quirky additional features that help it to stand out from the crowd.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
It had no history, no quirky lines or idiosyncratic ornamentations.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
The vibe of Dave & Buster’s might be quirkier than you’d expect, but it was still a corporation.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
An unusually pretty leading man who is quirkier and funnier than he looks, Galitzine is the kind of rising talent Hollywood rarely knows how to handle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
But over the course of four days, I sought out some of the quirkier corners of the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Queen Camilla will show Melania one of the quirkier items in Windsor, a remarkable dolls' house, made a century ago by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
Fabulous as the visual production is, with Art Deco sets by Scott Pask, Technicolor lights by Natasha Katz and eye-popping costumes by Gregg Barnes, it keeps squeezing out the story’s quirkier soul.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
"The quirkiest thing for us about it is every time you open the curtains you've got 25 people outside taking photos of your house - that takes a lot of getting used to."
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
My closest friend is also the quirkiest in the group.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2022
Perhaps the neighborhood’s quirkiest new addition is the penthouse apiary established in June at the pinnacle of Smith Tower, Seattle’s first skyscraper.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
In her 2019 debut novel, “Hollow Kingdom,” Seattle author Kira Jane Buxton introduced the world to one of the quirkiest — and most memorable — protagonists to hit the printed page in the past decade.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
The quirkiest part of his outfit is the ponytail holder.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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40 SAT words Beginning with "Q"
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Scrabble: Words that Begin with Q
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