How to Use odd in a Sentence

odd

adjective
Definition of oddnext
Synonyms for oddnext
  • She had an odd look on her face.
  • Some rather odd people used to live in this house.
  • People would call at odd hours during the night.
  • It's odd that nobody told me about this before.
  • That's odd. He was here a minute ago.
  • She kept a stack of magazines that she would read at odd moments.
  • There was something odd about his story.
  • She's got a really odd sense of humor.
  • During the summer, he would do odd jobs for his neighbors to earn extra money.
  • That is one of the oddest creatures I have ever seen.
  • Such odd twists may be a red flag of a bait-and-switch post.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Okay, yes, some of the word choice in that video is slightly odd.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2023
  • In an odd way, Dostoevsky has a feeling for the homeless of the earth.
    — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The corps’ 33rd Mechanized Brigade might be the oddest of them all.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • That’s the odd spot the Cowboys find themselves in due to decades of playoff failures.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The name of the part gives the game away—the transmission features two clutches and two shafts, one with the even gears, the other with the odd gears.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • During the day the skies are clear of planes, an odd absence for a capital city.
    — WIRED, 25 July 2023
  • But Schwartz’s sweater also has an odd sheen, flat cabling, and loose cuffs.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The use of odd sounds, ranging from cloud-chamber bowls to a glockenspiel.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
  • So, to help make ends meet, the future movie star took on several odd jobs.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The novel follows Daphne Bell, a young woman with an odd gift from the universe.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Think of history’s greatest tanks, and the M4 Sherman would seem to be an odd choice.
    — Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
  • There was something odd about that revelation and about the man who gave it to her.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Pull out all of those olives and odd pickles, plus a few raw vegetables.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The pair worked odd jobs on the side and helped take care of their mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer.
    — Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 24 May 2023
  • This has the odd effect of making the dialogue stand out even more, as if it were inscribed on the screen.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
  • That nothing is both the theme and central mystery of this odd, melancholy book.
    — Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • To a geochemist, this might initially feel like an odd choice.
    — Celia Ford, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Anything could have happened during this odd cat-and-mouse game.
    — Lawrence Hodge / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
  • So, if some parts of the in-flight experience seem odd to you, there's probably a good reason behind them.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2024

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