How To Use Eccentric In A Sentence

It's not entirely accurate - the book is a bit darker than that, but there is a fair bit of lovable eccentricity to the characters.
The voice is Kelly's throughout, down to the lack of punctuation, eccentric spellings and curious syntax.
It is one of those biases, all the rage in academic circles right now, that explain many of the eccentricities of human behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
Although the zebra long since retired to that savannah in the sky, and his owner herself is more than 30 years gone, the eccentric Winmill might be gratified to know that her phaetons and surreys, curricles and landaulets still command attention.
He is a slightly possessed, haunted, eccentric man; his enemies prefer to say ' insane '.

The only solution would be to counterbalance this negativity in my own eccentric little way. Times, Sunday Times
The eccentricity, bleeding, wire breaking, low mechanic property in the production of aluminium - clad steel wire are analyzed, the prevention and the resolution method put forword.
In life he was regarded as an awkward customer, a cranky, eccentric figure with a talent for rubbing people up the wrong way.
A story is told of John's schooldays which is an amusing and quite characteristic instance of his ethical eccentricities. Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on
I will not let you turn yourself into a governessing drudge, nor an eccentric to titillate the ton. DEVIL'S BRIDE
According to the book, the familiar image of a saintly, eccentric genius was carefully cultivated.
History is the process of immunizing us to the eccentricities of a specific milieu, the milieu of place in favor of ideology.
He was best known for his role as the dishevelled and eccentric television detective Columbo, which he played for more than 30 years.
Endearingly fey one minute, Norton will then go straight for the jugular of some poor, taste-challenged Pom in the audience, or phone an American eccentric on his dog-phone.
Admittedly, dictatorships do not encourage the cultivation of colourful eccentrics such as Montgomery or Patton.
Pluto, which has the greatest orbital eccentricity of any of the Solar System planets, was during those years at perihelion and actually closer than Neptune to the Sun.
One exception was the eccentrically named Lary 7, a 55-year-old photographer who has lived in the East Village since 1984. A Frame-by-Frame Show-and-Tell
For some, the term off-grid brings to mind images of pod houses, biospheres and eccentric individualists determined to live free from society—including from the convenience of grid-supplied electricity. Let the Market Pay for Renewable Energy
Her eccentricities get stranger by the day.
For her part, Katya had seemed untouched by the sight, talking only of her memories of her grandparents and their eccentricities. COLDHEART CANYON
It's just a little eccentric, at times too scattergun, but then so was he. Times, Sunday Times
Having been to Royal Ascot in Berkshire last year, my verdict was that the northern meeting was less flamboyant and eccentric, but more flighty and fashionable.
I am originally from Canada, where this attitude was considered rather eccentric, to say the least.
This new biography will revive interest in an eccentric and rare polymath of the last century. Times, Sunday Times
Though such an important chief, he is the meanest dressed of his subjects, — is always filthy, — ever greasy — eternally foul about the mouth; but these are mere eccentricities: as a wise judge, he is without parallel, always has a dodge ever ready for the abstraction of cloth from the spiritless Arab merchants, who trade with Unyanyembe every year; and disposes with ease of a judicial case which would overtask ordinary men. How I Found Livingstone
Yet, I would venture the admittedly broad suggestion that their eccentricity and passions prepped the ground in a weird sort of "lowering-the-threshold" way for the likes of Einstein, Freud, Ibsen, Althusser, Sartre, Mapplethorpe, Serra, etc. Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue: SFMOMA's The Steins Collect Documents a Life of Art Collecting
Third, there are the truly restless - the oddballs and eccentrics who always seem to want to look at things from a different angle.
In particular, the external rotator muscles and the lower trapezius muscle are the focus of the eccentric program.
Covered with eye images and other biomorphic motifs (that frequently recall eccentric abstractionists such as Myron Stout and Nicholas Krushenick), these unreal botanical specimens exhibit a delightful variety.
On the Look-Out derives extra momentum from this eccentric procedure.
The insides are modish to a fault, but not eccentric in the way the exterior will be. Times, Sunday Times
Even though we know that eventually we'll be moving on, inevitably we settle into the life of a community, we make friends, we get used to people and they get used to us - our eccentricities, our idiosyncrasies.
Some of his behaviour would seem eccentric in normal circumstances. Times, Sunday Times
This true eccentric was lucky enough to find a lover, Tom Lee, who gave Russell the kind of unstinting love and support most artists only dream of and which surely helped him realize his creative dreams. Bright Lights After Dark
It was easy enough to do if you didn't know the eccentricities of a yacht's fuel system, and all of them were uniquely different. CORMORANT
It turns out that:… eccentric exercise in particular causes structural damage as, for a given tensile load, there are fewer motor units recruited within the muscle, increasing the tensile load per motor unit.
Between there and the mainland were only a few scattered fishermen, renegades, loners and eccentrics.
Each drawing is meticulously rendered in several eccentric representational styles.
The cook is as blithely eccentric as a good neighbor.
Eccentric chic is apparently all very now: think Oxford beanies, tricorn hats, feather boas and you get some idea of the serious lack of taste required.
LAST time we encountered the eccentric but endearing Texan he had chronic back pain. The Sun
The throne was no longer at issue; now she was merely an eccentric noblewoman running from an unprincipled enemy.
And that ‘unusualness’ could be anything: beauty, ugliness, deformity, eccentricity…..anything. The picture not taken « knitnut.net
While David is away chairing (very eccentrically of course) the Cannes festival committee we finally get to see close to his best and most mysterious and touchingly tragic movie.
The previous Eccentric Club, started in 1890 by Jack Harrison, a theatrical costumier and the father of popular musical comedy actresses Phyllis Monkman, Dorothy Monkman and Beryl Harrison, from its humble beginnings in Shaftesbury Avenue rose to become one of the most influential artistic and business establishments in Britain as well as one of its most generous charities. Archive 2008-08-01
Yes, Elinor is the eccentric one of our little clan.
As Sophie, the druggie flatmate, she brings the right level of emotional distance her part, a darkly moulded background eccentric typical of Leigh's serio-comic work.
In twenty cases various neurosal disorders had been prominent in the family and its branches, of which neuralgia, chorea, hysteria, eccentricity, mania, epilepsy and inebriety, were most common. Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink
Finally, the eccentric and creaking Greek justice system has accepted that Andy and his fellow enthusiasts are innocent.
Many considered the venture wildly optimistic if not eccentric. Times, Sunday Times
The TGV is a haptic feedback device that uses solenoids, eccentric-mass motors, and Peltier elements-all controlled by custom electronics and a personal computer-to give users the ultimate immersive experience: Gizmodo
The motions of the heavenly bodies are eccentric and intervolved, yet are most regular when they seem most lawless. Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker
Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer
But when the orbits become very eccentrical, we must consider this force as momentarily affecting a comet's velocity, diminishing it as it approaches the perihelion, and increasing it when leaving the perihelion. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence
And just as the democrat will not admit of a secular constitution which the people could not destroy and which would prevent him from making bad laws; just as the democrat will not submit -- if we may adopt the terminology of Aristotle -- to being governed by _laws_, to be governed that is by an ancient body of law which would check the people and obstruct it in its daily fabrication of _decrees_; so just in the same spirit the democrat does not admit of a God Who has issued His commandments, Who has issued His body of laws, anterior and superior to all the laws and all the decrees of men, and Who sets His limit on the legislative eccentricities of the people, on its capricious omnipotence, in a word, on the sovereignty of the people. The Cult of Incompetence
A graduated program of swimming and stationary bicycling, along with isometric, isotonic, and eccentric strengthening in the later stages is prescribed.
Variety said that while still eccentric and full of mirth'the irascible green ogre begins to show signs of encroaching middle age '. Times, Sunday Times
Most importantly, the risk of eccentric or biased jurors convicting the innocent or acquitting the guilty also would be reduced. Times, Sunday Times
A maths 'citizenship test' may sound eccentric, but the margin between duncery and genius can be a mere decimal place. Times, Sunday Times
Mercury's orbit is fairly eccentric.
Thoughtful answers are copasetic, though ribald, eccentric, absurd responses earn magical brownie points. Least fave interview question
The inspiration of the 'Singapore Aunties' project comes from our eccentric and eclectic south-eastern colloquialism.
And I believe this is talking past Mike's point entirely, which is that you have projects on both ends of the spectrum but what we need is stuff in the middle -- we need more than just the huge games and the quirky, eccentric aka unpolished and low production quality indies. Burn baby burn
They are born actors, able to furrow their brows in concentration and not think twice about how the neighbors might view this seeming eccentricity.
The close-knit dramas of family life thus necessarily give way to an episodic tale that lurches from one eccentric encounter to another. Times, Sunday Times
This isn't surprising when even the groups he does encounter, such as the peace activists, also seem to see themselves as dabblers and eccentrics rather than as committed individuals.
Roffis was courageous, and decided to take a chance with the eccentric designer, already known as the madman.
Few understood Messiaen early on, most considering him an eccentric if endearing crackpot.
Ideal and absurd, they bespeak a wonderfully eccentric imagination.
Along that stretch of two-lane, one encounters a remarkable range of topiary and ornamental eccentricity.
She was eccentric and expressive and we found a strong emotional connection. The Sun
I don't know if this is endearing eccentricity or a form of bewildering madness.
His eccentric character and honesty appeals to many. The Sun
So this education, and the consequent asperities of character, which would have been softened down in a higher social sphere, could only serve to make her ridiculous at Angouleme so soon as her adorers should cease to worship eccentricities that charm only in youth. Two Poets
I don't think he's going to be as eccentric and as foppish as some of his incarnations.
But his eccentric concepts and pseudo-intellectual logorrhea aren't just the product of his own eccentricities. Richard (RJ) Eskow: Dr. Strange: Newt Gingrich and Conservatism's Insane Idea Industry
Ultimately, only the smallest separation in the 'fixate' condition was within the regime of the Weber's Law (ratio lower than 0.5), whereas the remaining conditions should be mainly influenced by the eccentricity of the furthest dot. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
A galleon with its upper decks razed, perhaps, in an effort to make it lighter, and furthermore cursed with an eccentric sailmaker.
Probable sad answer: cling to it as part of Britain's eccentric genius.
What may seem to prejudice a reader's full and appreciative view of her as a key figure amongst Dickens's women characters is her determined eccentricity.
The students, far from being traumatized by the act (which is described as appreciative rather than "investigatory") seem to take it in stride as a personal eccentricity of Hector's. PegasusNews.com stories
It's eccentricity and garish wrapping make the album a supermarket standout but one wonders what motivates sunset strip rock stars produce such obscurities.
Some are eccentrics, such as Lone Eagle Woman, who hikes the woods every summer, communing with the beasts and the trees.
As a head Stubbs was charismatic and outwardly eccentric, making it policy to shake every child's hand and say something nice about them.
Some orbits are so eccentric that they never loop back around again.
When I knew him he was well into his eighties and actively cultivated the eccentricities of the very old.
We need to shrug off this image that inventing is about eccentric people locked away in sheds. The Sun
He looked forward to a gentle decline into an eccentric and amiable dotage, his twilit years untroubled by chore or challenge.
He then rejiggered it to echo both the museum's eccentric modernist window and his childhood bedroom.
Depending on where you roam, your transportation may range from the ultramodern, like the high-speed trains of Japan, to the traditional, like the eccentric jitneys of the Philippines or the gondolas of Venice.
This seems to mean that the exhibition is indifferent to abstraction, surrealism or art of an introverted, asocial or eccentric nature.
Practised with restraint, it proves useful, whereas in excess it leads to eccentricity and insociability. [ Michel de Montaigne
While in Congress, Traficant was known as a flamboyant and eccentric behavior. The Return of Jim Traficant | myFiveBest
Fond of a drink, which may have been the cause of her loud behaviour, Elizabeth was described as Amazonian, of huge size, with masculine features and the voice of a stentor.12 It seems clear to us in the twenty-first century that Charlotte and Elizabeth were harmless eccentrics who certainly did not belong in a mental hospital, or even in custody. Bedlam
Van Meene's camera tends to linger on eccentric but captivating details.
The boarders, however, are much more than eccentrics or oddballs.
In New York, it played at the Film Forum, an admirable NYC institution, but also a boxy venue with so little ambience that it may as well be the big screen TV in an eccentric friend's basement.
I will not let you turn yourself into a governessing drudge, nor an eccentric to titillate the ton. DEVIL'S BRIDE
An eccentric aristocrat is hoping to give away his 16-bedroom mansion to a complete stranger and then move into "the comfort" of a council house, it emerged today. Archive 2005-12-01
Aunt Nessy was always a bit eccentric.
The preponderance of French names in those early pioneering days is perhaps not surprising, as eccentricity has always been a hallmark of the French.
His wife, Betty, earlier described her husband as eccentric but peaceloving and "not political at all."
The story goes that a local eccentric who built a huge house on the shore complete with caves, underground passages and exotic animals in the grounds, sailed one across the lake during a storm.
An hour of his pieces for wind instruments is extremely rewarding, for he handles their characteristic timbres, idiosyncrasies and eccentricities most attractively.
Many slather gray mud over their naked skin, giving themselves a wan, ghoulish cast, and they saunter through a surreal panorama punctuated by eccentric installations.
-- OED self-deprecation, shabbiness and eccentricity - ochlophobic traits, to be sure The Ochlophobist
New Zealander Alastair Galpin sought eternal eccentric fame for wearing the most socks on one foot.
Look, I draw a very bright line between eccentric and kooky, which is completely fine, and child safety. CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2009
Uncle Sardit would have understood, though, and I still would have preferred being the eccentric craftmaster to the inscrutable wizard. The Death of Chaos
How, for example, do we fit the idea of respect round watching a TV programme in which competitive strangers are cooped up together and encouraged to out-do each other in eccentric, argumentative or lewd behaviour?
I must admit, after reading his list, I'm almost inspired to cultivate a few eccentricities myself.
Not like back in the old days when just a few eccentrics and a handful of true believers would come out.
All slightly eccentric, but great fun. Times, Sunday Times
They are in suburban Britain, dotted across a grey island nation that from here seems remote and eccentric.
I think I'm regarded as harmless and mildly eccentric; I'm happy with both qualities.
Drainage Ditch: Georgetown" 1995 is a cross-section of that city's eccentric ecology, including a filthy-looking underwater habitat full of discarded tires and dog-faced fish, one with newborns—gross but poignant. An Illustrative Career Depicting Dystopias
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She professionalized management practices at Autodesk and helped tame the eccentric culture set by the company's founder John Walker.
To his face she gave him none, -- an uncivil proceeding in 1714; but Mrs Jane being allowedly an eccentric character, no one expected her to conform to conventional rules on all occasions. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne)
Paper Heart is what I call a cute comedy: a light, yet very entertaining film that boasts plenty of energy, a bunch of solid laughs, an interesting enough theme, and an eccentric cast talented enough to authentically portray a couple of adorable characters. DVD Verdict
He's aged just eight, is owned by a charming Brummie and stabled with two eccentrics, and in 2003, he was confirmed as racing's new superstar.
The south facade is a curiously flat and blocky affair, only partly leavened by the awkward, two-bay, single-column upper arcade, the unsatisfactorily cinched lower entablature, the four eccentric little ground-floor windows, and the raised platform supporting it all. Archive 2009-03-01
To study the effect of gravity eccentricity on the ranges, the expression of gravity was educed using spherical harmonic function when the earth is considered as an normal ellipsoid or sphere.
Like all uke owners, he congratulated himself on his eccentric taste. Times, Sunday Times
So fasting in Lent or not eating meat on Fridays seems odd, even eccentric now.
CREPIDOTUS Fr. In _Crepidotus_ the pileus is lateral, or eccentric, and thus more or less shelving, or it is resupinate, that is, lying flat or nearly so on the wood. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
Actors looking like boffins seemed to be doing eccentric things with telescopes and other instruments. Times, Sunday Times
It is full of absurd would-be lovers, quick-witted opportunists, cold-hearted villains and crackpot eccentrics.
Under his masterful direction, with its eccentric perspectives and brilliant compositions, everything comes together delightfully.
It's a herky-jerky journey - some of it fascinating, much of it dizzyingly random - as eccentric and chaotic as a lost-and-found bin. Undone by a house of dreams
Few of the women he was involved with seem to bear him a lasting grudge, however - or to have minded his eccentric, hobo ways.
Davies fell victim to his old tropes: sexualising the doctor by having him kiss yet another female companion, fetishising him by having Lee Evans as an eccentric boffin kneel at his feet and declare he loved him, and granting him another soliloquy about his cosmic solitariness. Doctor Who Smattering of Spoilers
So when Georgie spots Mrs Shapiro, an eccentric old Jewish emigre neighbour with an eye for a bargain and a fondness for matchmaking, rummaging through her skip in the middle of the night, it's just the distraction she needs ... Marina Lewycka - live webchat - 8th July, 2009
It was only to those who had but few personal dealings with him that he seemed stiff and "donnish"; to his more intimate acquaintances, who really understood him, each little eccentricity of manner or of habits was a delightful addition to his charming and interesting personality. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson)
We are no longer watching a group of outsiders trying to play an eccentric form of sport. Times, Sunday Times
It was ingenious and might have seemed eccentric, but it was magical. Times, Sunday Times
I'd been known for dressing rather eccentric, and today I wore a red minidress with white polka dots and long black boots that extended up past my knees.
Actors looking like boffins seemed to be doing eccentric things with telescopes and other instruments. Times, Sunday Times
Yet the showstopper is the most eccentric look: Mona Bismarck 's aqua green Balenciaga gown with sleeves of blooming pink petals from 1968. Le Freak, C
The eccentric shape of the room made a cranny, and here he could create the illusion of solitude.
I myself, bearer of a Christian name adjudged eccentric though brief, had had much to put up with in my first term. Seven Men
He captures the great man's famous sense of humour, likeable eccentricity and resilience. The Sun
With that kind of cash it could be very easy to become a crazy eccentric. The Sun
This is how coenobitism grew out of eremitism not only in Calabria, but in every part of the world which has been afflicted with these eccentrics. Old Calabria
When we see him doing weird and bizarre things - like tossing furniture from upstairs windows - it's natural to assume he's beyond eccentric and into the seriously flaky.
Peacocks and pixels, cassowaries and high couture meet in this eccentric celebration of pattern, texture and shape. Times, Sunday Times
Pioneers to this region must have been astounded to find massive tree falls that had literally been turned to stone, as if it were an eccentric display of some fabled deity.
A doctor duly stood up, to find himself directly addressed by the great eccentric. Times, Sunday Times
Note that these angular sizes were calculated using the average eccentricity of the lunar orbit.
Titian, indeed, may be said to have first opened his eyes to the mysteries of nature; but they were no sooner opened, than he rushed into them with a rapidity and daring unwont to the more cautious spirit of his master; and, though irregular, eccentric, and often inferior, yet sometimes he made his way to poetical regions, of whose celestial hues even Titian himself had never dreamt. Lectures on Art
The newsletter's attacks on individuals seem an eccentric way of wooing voters. Times, Sunday Times
Meeting him, it is hard to distinguish between what is studied eccentricity or mythmaking and what is real. Times, Sunday Times
This lady was one of those modern inventions known as a frisky matron, and said and did all manner of dreadful things, which people winked at because -- she was Mrs Meddlechip, and eccentric. Madame Midas
Elbow flexors and horizontal flexors in the shoulder act alternately in concentric and eccentric contractions.
The spacecraft enters into a more eccentric orbit, however the height and position of perigee remains the same.
A handsome and mysterious stranger, an Argentine illegal worker (Demian Gabriel) arrives by fishing boat, and connects with an assortment of eccentrics, most notably an older woman (Warhol superstar Viva) who occupies a rundown and secluded oceanfront compound of old style, grand, shingled houses and bungalows. Regina Weinreich: Paul Morrissey Dishes on Acting School and Andy Warhol
Such an assessment strikes me as the kind of optimism that only the extremely eccentric would back up with betting money. Times, Sunday Times
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Its style borders on the eccentric: all heirlooms and portraits of sinister-looking forefathers.
This is a man who clearly knows how to enjoy life and who, with the appearance of a snorkel in his bathroom, has now become known as such a delightful eccentric in his local community that everyone sees him in an adorable new light.
I think one reason that I find it so acceptable for him to assert his superiority and that I find his eccentricities amusing is that I am his boss.
The foam cells were oval to polygonal with a moderate amount of cytoplasm and central to eccentric small nuclei.
Lewis was aggressive, eccentric, moody, and brilliantly clever.
Her wilful eccentricity and sonic adventurism mapped out new territory for hip hop at the turn of the century.
Others were a little eccentric and gave away yo-yos, 3D paper buses and stress globes.
Caddies tend to be a faintly eccentric bunch. Times, Sunday Times
In those days they could seem eccentric, too. Times, Sunday Times
With celebrity came the first signs of his eccentric behaviour, which was not always endearing. Times, Sunday Times
Although a far from usual setting for a comedy series, the inmates were not too problematic or insane but merely a ragtag of eccentrics who had opted out of life.
D darkness of calamity dash of eccentricity dawning of recognition day of reckoning daylight of faith decay of authority declaration of indifference deeds of prowess defects of temper degree of hostility delicacy of thought delirium of wonder depth of despair dereliction of duty derogation of character despoiled of riches destitute of power desultoriness of detail [desultoriness = haphazard; random] device of secrecy devoid of merit devoutness of faith dexterity of phrase diapason of motives [diapason = full, rich, harmonious sound] dictates of conscience difference of opinion difficult of attainment dignity of thought dilapidations of time diminution of brutality disabilities of age display of prowess distinctness of vision distortion of symmetry diversity of aspect divinity of tradition domain of imagination drama of action dream of vengeance drop of comfort ductility of expression dull of comprehension duplicities of might dust of defeat Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Per
Its historical importance in the development of modern ideology has come from its unique claim to explain experience, however eccentrically.
Aircraft factories broke production records, and a brand-new air defence system was improvised by a mixture of eccentric boffins and a bright young staff of mostly female technicians.
There's all that, and then there's the rest ofÂthe slideshow that is only too happy to stereotype and write off the protesters by making them look, through most of the edit, less like angry, determined and decidedly non-violent citizens than eccentric hippy meditating drumbeating sixties throwbacks. Michael Shaw: Reading the Pictures: Wisconsin Update: Trashing "the Hippies"
Those who treat animals in the same way they treat their friends or family are generally seen as eccentrics, or even social misfits.
The genus _Pleurotus_ is usually recognized without difficulty among the fleshy, white-spored agarics, because of the eccentric (not quite in the center of the pileus) or lateral stem, or by the pileus being attached at one side in a more or less shelving position, or in some species where the upper side of the pileus lies directly against the wood on which the plant is growing, and is then said to be _resupinate_. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
This lady was one of those modern inventions known as a frisky matron, and said and did all manner of dreadful things, which people winked at because — she was Mrs Meddlechip, and eccentric. Madame Midas
This is the Cornwall of myth, a clichéd caricature version of the county complete with exaggerated eccentrics, loony local lore and mystical happenings.
England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists
As written, and as played by Shaw -- who shows, in comparison to his crisp Soviet assassin who is nearly a match for Sean Connery's Bond in From Russia With Love, that 12 years is ample time to go to seed -- Quint is far too prone to "colorful" sea chanties and eccentric half-witticisms. William Bradley: Shift Change: The 35th Anniversary of Jaws and Shampoo Marks the Transition From New Hollywood to Blockbuster
Through the 1970s, the archetypal gardener was over 50 and had time and money to spare: a smug matron with impeccable calceolarias, an eccentric rosarian, a spinster growing herbs.
April will see another French classic, Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, in a more avant-garde production with eccentric sets and costumes supplied by Portland Opera.
Whistler's highly eccentric letters are rarely quoted in extenso. The Times Literary Supplement
Burton also confessed he and Helena laugh off claims they are eccentric oddballs.
This creates a bond between the two of them, both of whom are viewed as eccentrics by the community.
The radiolucent lesion was eccentrically located, multiloculated, and rimmed by a thin sclerotic zone.
The course of this pair's friendship has sharp pathos amid the film 's studied eccentricity. Times, Sunday Times
The French police have recently cracked down on speeding on the autoroute and ‘Oh, pardon, monsieur, my speedometer is mildly eccentric’ will not cut much ice with les flics.
The word eccentricity was not interpreted by the cadet, of course, as the Sep meant it should be, but in the sense we use it when we speak of the eccentricity of an orbit for instance. Henry Ossian Flipper The Colored Cadet at West Point
More recently, we have the eccentric cameos of Richard Cobb and causeries of A.J.P. Taylor, of which he said they were evidence that he had run out of historical subjects.
In addition, Los Angeles has always demonstrated a remarkably high tolerance for spiritual innovators, political cranks, and religious eccentrics.
Unless you class chinos and checked shirts as eccentric. The Sun
Then the way went by long lines of dark windows diversified by turreted towers and porches of eccentric shapes, where old stone lions and grotesque monsters bristled outside dens of shadow and snarled at the evening gloom over the escutcheons they held in their grip. Bleak House
The great "lion" of this district was the famous and extraordinary Fonthill Abbey, an amazing erection in sham Gothic, built by Wyatt, that "infamous dispoiler, misnamed architect" to the order of the eccentric author of Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
He was known as Mad Shelley partly because of his eccentricity and partly because of his violent temper.
His grandstanding has increased suspicions that England have become unwitting accomplices to the ego trip of an eccentric billionaire. Times, Sunday Times
Grandma adored her son, understood his genius, and believed that, once he received recognition, all his quirks and eccentricities would be forgiven.
Brando was also known for his eccentric behaviour and sometimes outlandish salary demands.
the logical clearness of her arguments...condemned her as eccentric and unwomanly
The team has moved out of a warehouse and into an airy old mission, and has hired a few new members: Adam Jamal Craig as a new agent who spouts facts when he gets nervous, and best of all, Linda Hunt as an eccentrically tough-but-loving new boss. 'NCIS' popularity should keep spinoff in hunt
In the genus _Claudopus_, recognized by some, the pileus is eccentric or lateral, that is, the stem is attached near the side of the cap, or the cap is sessile and attached by one side to the wood on which the plant is growing; or the plants are resupinate, that is, they may be spread over the surface of the wood. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.

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