How to Use misfit in a Sentence

misfit

noun
  • Torts’s turn to wring the marrow out of a team of misfit toys.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The rest of the team was put together like the land of misfit toys.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2021
  • Maybe that’s because all the misfit toys find homes, even the doll who seems just fine to me.
    Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2020
  • So what future do our beloved space misfits have, if any, in the MCU?
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 5 May 2023
  • If there is really a land of the misfit toys, this is it.
    John General, CNN, 30 Jan. 2021
  • The galaxy and crew of misfits that Berry creates are weird.
    Swapna Krishna, latimes.com, 31 May 2018
  • The show was led by a crew of nerdy misfits, all scientists on the west coast of the United States.
    cleveland, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Thus the image of my misfit soul, batted back and forth between the forces of good and evil.
    Sara Eckel, Longreads, 1 June 2018
  • But Rudolph, Santa, the sleigh and the misfit toys will cost a pretty penny.
    Kelsie Smith, CNN, 17 Oct. 2020
  • This is a household with a knack for taking in misfits.
    Rena Gross, Billboard, 4 July 2018
  • The dogs lead to comedic chaos in her home, and her misfit teenage son Henry (Lewis MacDougall) is meant to be part of it.
    Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 4 July 2018
  • The adorable movie featuring the island of misfit toys and Herbie the elf hit the airwaves (and our hearts) in 1964.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
  • As celebrity memoirs go, Sharon Stone's is a bit of a misfit.
    Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Church for misfits Tanzella still wears his past on him.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2019
  • The misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The city comes alive, its streets, alleys, mugs, misfits, cops, and private dicks.
    John Timpane, Philly.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in a square hole, the ones who see things differently.
    Sarah Todd, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2019
  • When a corporate mega-park opens nearby, D.C. and his loony crew of misfits must pull out all the stops to try and save the day.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Elwin is Mistle, a member of The Rats, who are a gang of misfit teenagers who steal from the rich and give to themselves.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Sep. 2022
  • In the second episode, Agatha seeks out a coven to help her, pulling together a group of down-on-their-luck misfits.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
  • That includes the three healthy but misfit trees — a gingko biloba, an African tulip and a water gum.
    Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 4 Sep. 2019
  • And a tolerant place is bound to attract its share of misfits.
    Brendan Borrell, Smithsonian, 28 Feb. 2018
  • All the while, the band of misfit traders continued laughing — all the way to their digital banks.
    New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
  • But with a new film comes new threats, including one that even the smartest of this band of misfits couldn't see coming a mile away.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 13 May 2023
  • Elwin is Mistle — a member of The Rats, who are a gang of misfit teenagers who steal from the rich and give to themselves…and sometimes the poor.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Apr. 2022
  • In America, the professional kitchen is the last refuge of the misfit.
    Michelle Weber, Longreads, 9 June 2018
  • The show follows misfits in the A/V and drama clubs in an Oregon high school, dealing with love, heartache, and the pains of growing up.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 16 Feb. 2018
  • There's no Death Star to blow up, no fight to save the whole of humanity — just a gang of misfits trying to make a buck and not die in the process.
    refinery29.com, 15 May 2018
  • But as the former students of Horace Green share, Black and his band of classroom misfits still have a lot to teach us.
    Luke Ottenhof, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Tired of superhero franchises but up for watching a group of larger-than-life misfits with no superpowers but big Bollywood dreams?
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024

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