How to Use off-putting in a Sentence

off-putting

adjective

• This may look off-putting to some of the people around you.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2024
• Fredrika, who was home for Christmas, found the whole scene off-putting at first.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
• However, a few noted an off-putting sour note in the mix.
  — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• While showing enough restraint to only take three bites may seem off-putting, there is a method to the concept.
  — Kristine Thomason, Health, 2 Nov. 2023
• There's something a bit off-putting about basting a roast chicken while your guests sit in a line watching you.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2023
• One editor found the aftertaste to be very off-putting.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 July 2023
• Everyone is going to be a bit stressed out near the 21st, though; don’t take their off-putting behavior to heart.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 16 May 2023
• The smell went away and didn’t linger, making the unpleasant scent just off-putting versus a deterrent.
  — Brittany Johnson, Verywell Health, 16 Jan. 2024
• The smell is initially off-putting — who's expecting onion in their ice cream after all?
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
• The oddity that could be creepy and off-putting in the first series plays here, mainly in jailhouse videos, as more childlike and puckish.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• Drinking plenty of water has long been a tenet of good health, but the water flowing from household taps can have an off-putting taste.
  — Julie Laing, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2023
• And the monkfish, while far more off-putting in looks than the empurau, is absolutely decadent.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
• It’s not located in an ideal location and the interior is just as off-putting as the view from a few miles away.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• And the guajillo pepper glaze, guajillo-xo emulsion and pineapple broth seemed to curdle in the bowl, an off-putting sight for any dish.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2024
• After all, a line of tech bros, arms akimbo and waiting to pounce can be intimidating at worst and off-putting at best.
  — Al Kingsley, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Clean a Cutting Board A wooden board will retain off-putting food odors and ugly stains after many uses.
  — CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
• Several people posted videos saying their Sol de Janiero perfumes came and lacked a scent or had an off-putting one.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
• The comedian's newest show, The Curse, is weird and off-putting, yet intensely compelling.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2023
• The Third Man employs off-putting Dutch angles and moody lighting to craft some of the most beautiful black-and-white cinematography put to film.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2024
• Still, the announcement felt off-putting for many Dunkin’ customers, who shared frustrations online.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 6 July 2023
• Not stinky, or gross Composting may seem mysterious and off-putting to many people.
  — Ashley Miznazi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• This effect is achieved not via CGI or makeup but rather a life-sized marionette, a pleasingly off-putting lo-fi technique.
  — Michael Nordine, Variety, 28 June 2024
• Without any substantive project to which the GOP might anchor itself, the party has instead become the party of off-putting weirdness.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 11 Mar. 2023
• No, not all surfers or bikers or climbers or hikers will be friendly (some may even be territorial or off-putting).
  — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• The Moon in fair-minded Libra will be making a number of odd angles: first, an off-putting and confusing quincunx to vocal Mercury in Pisces.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023
• But often, underneath Merry Me’s fizz, there’s an off-putting tartness.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2023
• And if similarly off-putting vibes permeate the leading men in all of these projects, the artistic results are wildly varied.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• One of his pitches—a recreational zone for the children of gamblers—is the kind of off-putting idea that would have played farcically on Comedy Central.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
• While Hron—who also happens to make horror games—did intend for his video to have an off-putting vibe, its strange visuals were merely a product of Dream Machine’s faults.
  — Kristine Villarroel, WIRED, 3 July 2024
• Partly that’s because, if a young woman behaved as Ivan behaves in this story, that might be considered fairly strange and off-putting, rather than endearing or desirable.
  — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024