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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Over the course of Full House’s eight-season run on ABC from 1987 to 1995, one of its most consistent running jokes was the adult characters’ irritation with Kimmy, eldest Tanner daughter D.J.’s oddball best friend.
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John Russell, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Like, a chubby little oddball from the country starring on Broadway.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Audiences have often struggled with his oddball and laconic tendencies, and The Return only gave people more to complain about, what with its dense mysteries that veered far from the coffee-and-donuts shenanigans of its network-TV run.
—K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
The pilot follows an offbeat Fresno diner where an ex-party girl, a volatile chef, and an oddball busboy contend with ghost pirates, volcanoes, and the minor inconvenience of dying.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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John Russell, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Like, a chubby little oddball from the country starring on Broadway.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Audiences have often struggled with his oddball and laconic tendencies, and The Return only gave people more to complain about, what with its dense mysteries that veered far from the coffee-and-donuts shenanigans of its network-TV run.
—K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
The pilot follows an offbeat Fresno diner where an ex-party girl, a volatile chef, and an oddball busboy contend with ghost pirates, volcanoes, and the minor inconvenience of dying.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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