unorthodox

Example Sentences

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Black paired up with Marcello Hernández to play martial arts instructors who teach unorthodox self-defense methods.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Both Fulham and Palace utilised unorthodox shapes and movement against Spurs to exploit their defensive approach.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

But new cutting-edge front offices are built to identify and exploit every possible avenue, he explained—no matter how unorthodox, or even embarrassing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

More unorthodox still is Attia’s rhapsodic ode to rapamycin, a drug derived from an antifungal agent first discovered in the soil of a volcanic crater on Easter Island.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

“This proposition is unorthodox, and against my better judgment, but the idea of a massage intrigues me, and I am rarely intrigued. However, thirty minutes is too short. Say...two hours.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull