How to Use quirk in a Sentence

quirk

noun
  • Everyone has their little quirks.
  • The first model had a few quirks.
    — Andrew Niemchick Britannica Editors June 17, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026
  • That was more than just a quirk of design.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The season kicked off with some quirks.
    — Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Then there were the casting quirks.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
  • Embrace the quirks that make you, you.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Wednesday’s game was not a quirk.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This is an older home, and some of its charms come with quirks.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
  • That’s a rare TV quirk for back-to-back games.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
  • One dog owner even shared her own pet quirk story.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The tiniest quirks in our speech can change how we’re perceived.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
  • At first glance, this might seem like a crypto-native quirk.
    — Hadley Stern, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Hobbles learned the quirks of the apartment.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • One of his quirks is collecting cologne.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • There are a few quirks to contend with on iOS.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • There’s people smarter than me that can talk about the quirks of this moment.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Amazon still has its little quirks.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The system has flaws that go beyond a few minor quirks.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
  • And this is because Creighton embraced all his quirks.
    — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • For all his positives, Gundy came with quirks.
    — Cliff Brunt, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Come for the obvious hooks, stay for the more subtle quirks.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Other quirks, though, are kind of endearing in an odd way.
    — New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
  • This is one of those scheduling quirks that just happened to work this way.
    — Mac Engel october 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Is Duke’s run just a scheduling quirk?
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Nix's flat-foot deliveries are no longer an odd quirk.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But wait—our calendar system has even more quirks.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • As is the case every year, there were a few quirks and trends driving these numbers.
    — Kiri Masters, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • This was another of Atre’s quirks.
    — Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
  • This is not simply an early-season quirk.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t just a quirk of modern politics.
    — Brandon Rottinghaus, The Conversation, 5 Jan. 2026

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