eccentric
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In the BBC's own review, it was described as an "eccentric, kitsch and dramatic" record where Raye "unapologetically goes for broke".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Cast as the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, Mr. Lloyd took his inspiration from the “wild energy” and long white hair of the British conductor and composer Leopold Stokowski.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
In “The Social Reckoning,” the heroes are brilliant, eccentric, sarcastic, edgy and arrogant; the villains are brilliant, eccentric, sarcastic, edgy and arrogant; the subsidiary characters are brilliant, etc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
He presented as an eccentric neighbor who’d chosen a peaceful, off-grid lifestyle.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
According to Du Barry, it should be elegant yet regal, memorable but not eccentric, and most of all, fit for royalty.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
“I like lifting up the rocks and finding the eccentrics out there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He takes his time absorbing every seemingly inconsequential detail as he becomes attached to the personalities of eccentrics on their self-assigned quests to accomplish unlikely goals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Both Kennedy and Trump are famous eccentrics who possess a charismatic weirdness that somehow captures people’s imaginations — and inspires them to become devoted followers.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
In an era of plangent indie rock, they were the studied, intricate eccentrics.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2024
National defense and global prestige, of course, were the two concerns that had moved the reverie of space travel from the purview of novelists and eccentrics to the country’s number-one priority.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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