Examples of oddball in a Sentence
He used to be a real oddball back in high school.
she's known as the office oddball
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Together this oddball quartet sets out to help Michelle’s ultimate quest in finding her brother.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
Both director and actor seek to defy tone and expectation, and Pattinson’s performance, using a weird little voice and delivering oddball line readings and inflections, fits perfectly with the auteur’s unique approach to humor and sincerity.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Like the original silver-screen version, the story follows Marty McFly, who is transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by oddball scientist Doc Brown and accidentally changes the history of almost everyone close to him.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
At a dingy desk with the help of a couple of oddball objects (Amy Rubin did the Expressionist zigzag of a set and Forest Entsminger the zany props), Mellor’s witness is describing a play to us.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
Both director and actor seek to defy tone and expectation, and Pattinson’s performance, using a weird little voice and delivering oddball line readings and inflections, fits perfectly with the auteur’s unique approach to humor and sincerity.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Like the original silver-screen version, the story follows Marty McFly, who is transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by oddball scientist Doc Brown and accidentally changes the history of almost everyone close to him.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
At a dingy desk with the help of a couple of oddball objects (Amy Rubin did the Expressionist zigzag of a set and Forest Entsminger the zany props), Mellor’s witness is describing a play to us.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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