How To Use Oddball In A Sentence

His mother and father thought Jim was a bit of an oddball too.
His songs had gone from sublime to bizarre, compounded by his friendship with oddball lyricist Van Dyke Parks.
They've stocked the audience with a few token oddballs.
The oddball superstar's habits include watching TV with his chimpanzee.
I compiled a bunch of recent flamenco things, really oddball flamenco things.

Third, there are the truly restless - the oddballs and eccentrics who always seem to want to look at things from a different angle.
I was also a bit of an oddball at school. Times, Sunday Times
Where their debut looked to the KLF, Surfing the Void's psychonautical vocabulary recalls another oddball early 90s dance act, the Shamen, who infiltrated the top 10 with talk of a "shamanic, anarchistic, archaic revival" in the days when trance acts played clubs with names like Megatripolis and expounded on the mystical importance of the number The Guardian World News
It suggests oddball tours instead of bus circuits; there's even a chainless-bike tour for 'white-jean wearers'. Times, Sunday Times
John Ritter had the kind of oddball career that is almost too easy to dismiss, if you don't know better.
The bedsocks are going to clean me out of KF oddballs altogether – I had to order more. Archive 2009-09-01
When she is given the opportunity to hire an assistant, Carla plumps for the oddball Paul, a comprehensively under qualified but malleable parolee in whom she spots considerable potential.
Most World Cups have an oddball semi-finalist and Ukraine have the potential to be this year's.
It's a hefty task, seeing as each of her children is manoeuvring their way through a litany of oddball obsessions and neuroses.
But then so did my family, including the experience with the collection of mavericks, doughty rebels and oddballs that was the Latin Mass Society.
The boarders, however, are much more than eccentrics or oddballs.
Perhaps Welch's oddball tales of "deep diving" into the many forlorn crannies of General Electric with some young comer from the Appliances Division fascinate the business elite. Books About Schnooks
It is, in its own small way, a tour de force: his oddball verbals and musical eclecticism do combine in a coherent manner.
After several unsuccessful attempts he is kicked out of his therapy group for impeding the progress of his fellow oddballs.
And the streets of Hollywood look, um, grungier and even more overpopulated with oddballs. Oscars 2011: Your chance to ask questions, via Twitter, on the red carpet
The elder Poole has figured out vocal chops and isn't consistently burying them behind filters and oddball delivery.
There are Eko 12-string necks and bodies, curious banjo necks, oddball Eko violin bass parts and lots, lots more.
It's the type of oddball coincidence that's difficult to ignore.
All my trolls slinker off to their oddball activities when bombarded with facts, anyway. Think Progress » Obama’s second TSA nominee backs out.
Predictably, the irregular essive verb *yiθ becoming PIE *h₁es- would be an outlier from this general pattern and “to be” is a rather oddball verb cross-linguistically speaking. Archive 2008-08-01
It's wonderfully at odds with the naivety of the fairytale strings and Clark's choirgirl vocals, conjuring up a hazy world in which nothing seems quite stable, a state helped along by the addition of magnificently oddball heavy riffs and stuttering synths. St Vincent: Strange Mercy – review
But aside from these oddball cases, in general it is better to adopt the social viewpoint and drop the information technology mindset.
Oddball characters are propelled along zigzagging narrative channels, connections made with whimsical aplomb. Times, Sunday Times
Burton also confessed he and Helena laugh off claims they are eccentric oddballs.
I tend to play a lot of oddball records with effects over them, not 4/4 stuff that has to be seamless and keep the party going.
Carnahan does, however, have an oddball sense of comic timing; what his picture lacks in hilarity it recuperates with a well-developed, albeit mumbling, sense of the absurd. GreenCine Daily: Interview. Joe Carnahan and Jeremy Piven.
In those days it just meant a bit of an oddball. READY, STEADY, GO!: Swinging London and the Invention of Cool
It's a hefty task, seeing as each of her children is manoeuvring their way through a litany of oddball obsessions and neuroses.
Artists, an architect, a photographer, oddballs and the unemployed - they're all here, and Nabatian captures them in their full glory.
The only relief in this mass of subatomic neutrons, are the admittedly fascinating portraits of the oddball scientists who split the atom and paved the way for the nuclear bomb.
But at least it's entertaining crazy oddball behaviour.
In a phone interview, he also talks about the oddball portfolio mix that has produced such erratic results.
Nursing the wounds of the split, the group has reformed and settled in Oakland, California, a place a little more welcoming to artsy-fartsy oddball bands than, say, Alabama.
While making a case for Fischer as an artist, the film caters to viewers whose interest is simply in pop culture's oddballs, artistic or not.
The atmosphere was part carnival, part convention of oddballs. Times, Sunday Times
As for Paul himself, he is the oddball in his family whom they cannot quite work out, but tap for money as if he was a bank.
Nursing the wounds of the split, the group has reformed and settled in Oakland, California, a place a little more welcoming to artsy-fartsy oddball bands than, say, Alabama.
Herzog's parade of oddball commentators and his own inimitably dry delivery of such coincidences as the close proximity to this cave of albino crocodiles make this, too, a beguiling experience of wonderment. Berlin film festival – review
I wasn't exactly introduced as the oddball who believes house prices can continue to defy gravity, but I was a lone voice.
Other standouts include Eddie Kaye Thomas as the oddball Finch and, of course, Eugene Levy as Jim's ever intrusive father.
Discovered in Laos, Southeast Asia, the animal is described as an ‘oddball rodent’ with long whiskers, stubby legs, and a furry tail.
Lembit is frequently described as an 'oddball' - which is code for 'deeply weird'. Home | Mail Online
The usual plan is to hit town and grill the nearest toothless old codger or incorrigible oddball.
And there is always one oddball who creates endless entertainment for everyone else.
If you desire the illicit pleasures of inspired, oddball sketch comedy, More Fun Than a Bag of Soup is the show for you.
For three nights, he performs gigs with comedy chums that promise a pleasingly oddball frisson. Times, Sunday Times
How exciting to have so many oddballs in one place!
Fun as conspiracy theories are, there is little here to suggest that Bellingham was anything other than the eccentric oddball that history has generally painted him as. Times, Sunday Times
Pugilists, criminals, showmen, and oddballs also captured the public fancy: P. T. Barnum was a great early impresario of this new world of celebrity.
Sure, his gallery of oddballs exhibit smart mouths and a dark sense of humour. Times, Sunday Times
Now even famed oddball John Malkovich has slowly made the switch from over-articulate villain to comic relief and / or frazzled nice guy. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
In 2004 a probe from the Cassini spacecraft will be dropped into Titan's chilly clouds for the first close-up glimpse of this oddball moon.
In those days it just meant a bit of an oddball. READY, STEADY, GO!: Swinging London and the Invention of Cool
He doesn't listen to operas, nor does he have an oddball hobby such as making model aeroplanes. Times, Sunday Times
Macdonald considers the oddball strongman a performance artist who was ‘part of our culture, our heritage.’
Or simply as a divine oddball? Times, Sunday Times
But they're just two of the quirky, oddball characters to be found in ‘Sally's’ world.
Not crazy, but funny, and a little bit oddball. Times, Sunday Times
In an extreme case of sex fakery, an orchid produces oddball chemicals that mimic a female wasp's allure so well that males prefer the floral scents to the real thing, scientists say.
Or simply as a divine oddball? Times, Sunday Times
A bit of an oddball. Times, Sunday Times
Or simply as a divine oddball? Times, Sunday Times
In interviews done in the contender's homes, we are introduced to these oddball children and their overactive imaginations and enormous intellects.
I am not for one moment suggesting that the people behind the masks were little more than wannabe hardmen and rebel song-loving culchie geeks out to get that same sort of thrill from seventies terrorist gear that similar oddballs in other parts of the world get from throwing on some Waffen SS kit. Archive 2009-08-01
Only in the metropolis can dissidents and oddballs feel safe.
A rocking midsection and an oddball circus music interlude don't contribute much to the song, but they don't detract much from it, either.
Or a collection of hobby-horse oddballs led by a saloon bar political cowboy? The Sun
Glover regularly stands apart from his fellow oddballs, even when surrounded by weirdos.
Also on the 23rd, oddball underground rapper NerdX will bid his adieus and release his latest recording at the Carpenter's Union Hall in Kensington.
I have no idea what myrtle is supposed to taste like but I will pay attention to each fluffy little bundle to see if I can identify the oddball one. Marshmallows revisited..
The same collection of freaks and oddballs is, this time, armed only with old tricks and stale lines.
This is what Nintendo's new dual-screen handheld is all about: classic gameplay mixed with oddball innovation.
All that has done is provide us with a rich trove of oddball entertainment ranging from Sarah Palin's dithery dead-fish metaphors to the beetle-browed death threats of G. Gordon Liddy and the blatant racism of Pat Buchanan. Summer Rerun
For three nights, he performs gigs with comedy chums that promise a pleasingly oddball frisson. Times, Sunday Times
In this sense morality can vary from person to person and while the same can be said for Christians, there are basic tenets that all Christians believe, and in most faiths in general with the exception of some oddballs, and that is, the ten commandments or equivalent, especially in regards to killing, raping, stealing, etc. in which hopefully abstinence is reinforced by the belief in an after life and the accountability of bad behaviour. Child Abuse Alert
She's still the same old Tina who is obsessed with finding the humor in oddball, everyday things, Carlock says. Tina Fey is between a 'Rock' and a funny place at 'SNL'
Incidentally, some may wonder why we have oddball bullet weights such as 139 and 154 grains.
The younger Smith was deemed more "coachable" and pliant by the 49ers -- he was willing to do a series of oddball tasks like hop on one foot without questioning why Nolan was asking him to do so note: pliant is not a good quality in quarterbacks. SI.com
OK, so the cars do handle in a slightly oddball method; but that's only compared to other racers.
You wanted to tell her to stop trying so hard, because she's stomping all over whatever organic oddball qualities she's got.
There are no fistfights or wisecracks or oddball events or wacky characters.
Only half-jokingly, De Vos adds: ‘In Canada, the footballers are just the oddballs who make the wrong decision.’
The old motels capitalized on regional pride and kitsch, cheerfully twisting their neon signs into oddball shapes.
Other immediate color associations which come to mind: sepia tones and oddball diner to-go cartons, goldenrod mimeographs, and the wild chartreuse decor of mid-1990s urban splendor.
Sure, his gallery of oddballs exhibit smart mouths and a dark sense of humour. Times, Sunday Times
But some of the biggest, savviest survivors hole up right under our noses, in oddball places we tend to overlook. Cover Close to Home: Five Oddball Hiding Spots for Late Season Bucks
Or simply as a divine oddball? Times, Sunday Times
I've been working hard for a while trying to figure his place out - he's really the "oddball" - he doesn't really FIT with any group & he's always been an anomaly in the show's space/time... LOSTCasts 75: LaFleur
Can the siblings make a go of their new business, especially when they have their oddball family to deal with? The Sun
Most of my family's OK, but my brother's a bit of an oddball.
And sometimes, these oddballs just happen to be good policemen.
Far more difficult is to curate a well-put together collection of modern folk-based oddballs, and Banhart's done a splendid job here.
Or simply as a divine oddball? Times, Sunday Times
It's a party comprised of anarchists, absurdists, activists, practical jokers, perverts, weirdos, maniacs, oddballs, and morons.
This is why the Web - this disruptive technology, this oddball world - feels so familiar and so welcome.
It's typical of what Drudge had been running till yesterday, though, scavenging far and wide to find some oddball outlier poll, then liberally pissing his trowsers in odiferous excitement over his banner-headline "discovery. CBS/NYT Poll: Obama Winning Big -- If New Voters Turn Out
Adding, what I call oddball ornaments to my Christmas tree, really has nothing to do with the fact that I have a child. Epinions Recent Content for Home
The oddball of the bunch is the Flipout, a square-shaped device on which the screen pivots clockwise to reveal a physical keyboard. Mobile morsels: Android news this week, Windows Phone 7 next
Initially, he's told he's too old and then parcelled off into the Halberdiers, a regiment almost entirely comprised of oddballs, lunatics, misfits and sociopaths.
In fact, you had to be a bit of an oddball to resist. Times, Sunday Times
They conjure up images of dusty old offices, arcane inventions and oddball inventors.
Somewhere, deep within Twister, is a searing portrayal of the disintegration of a family, leavened by quirky, oddball humor.
The oddball species, Packard was coming to realize, were the main show of the clearings.
His previous album contained a similar mix of oddball songs and tunes; it was mystifying, irritating, a bit boring.
And yet, with his oddball, confusional comic style, he is an important wake-up call. Pattern Interruption Hall of Fame: Zach Galifianakis
They decided last year that he was an un-electable oddball and national embarrassment - struggling to exude the requisite correctitude to be considered aldermanic, much less prime ministerial.
But thanks to an oddball contractural agreement, the show has been playing in the UK since last fall, and the episodes aren't terribly hard to find online.
My home state has plenty of affable oddballs, that's for sure.
Most World Cups have an oddball semi-finalist and Ukraine have the potential to be this year's.
His mother and father thought Jim was a bit of an oddball too.
The boarders, however, are much more than eccentrics or oddballs.
People had loved her mother, but the daughter had always been considered and oddball, an outsider.
He was an oddball child, his bookishness and poetry out of step with his surroundings on the prairie earth.
After my continued exposure to oddballs and, shall we say, the socially-challenged, I can quite see the appeal of internet dating sites.
First, there are spontaneous mutants, oddballs that arise by chance.
Or simply as a divine oddball? Times, Sunday Times
Unfortunately, most people who are successful in Hollywood or any other business are not oddballs at all.
But what really brings it to life is its gallery of outlandish, oddball and downright terrifying characters and creatures.
Or simply as a divine oddball? Times, Sunday Times
Weebls Stuff is a feast of oddball entertainment.
The Greens are not the well-meaning oddballs we thought they were.
The contrasting riotous oddball farce and the blood-soaked political thriller could hardly be more different.
The game could be described as a simple left-to-right-scrolling romp in which a costumed numbskull fights baddies before battling an oddball boss, but this really wouldn't do it justice.
But what do you call the oddball in a family of "black sheep? Blog Family
Legendary in parts of Delaware but almost unknown in Philly, the Spinto Band (named for an Italian opera term) is an oddball septet split between West Chester and Wilmington.
Known as a walking dragline and nicknamed Oddball, it was once capable of shifting 20,000 tons of opencast coal a day with its 215 ft jib and bucket that could scoop enough to fill two lorries.
One of them is a slight oddball who has lots of madcap ideas, most of which don't quite work. Times, Sunday Times
They are rueful memory plays, bittersweet family chronicles, compassionate portraits of oddballs, losers, and rascals.
Snotlings are an oddball troop type with more to recommend them than their profiles might suggest.
The junkies, the winos, the tramps, the oddballs, the undesirables the NYPD usually spend their evenings moving along, had inveigled their way into ‘respectable’ company for one night of their lives.
Sure, his gallery of oddballs exhibit smart mouths and a dark sense of humour. Times, Sunday Times
He is only too aware of how he is judged by others - weird, oddball, crazy and strange are just the printable descriptions - but he does not seem to care too much.
If attention is responsible for this effect, a more emotionally stirring "oddball" - like a guy pointing a gun at you, which tests have shown is much more salient than a flower-should seem to stay on the screen even longer. Gizmodo
There are people who come because this is a group of oddballs and weirdos.
A cast of secondary characters make their entrances and exits: an oddball aviator, an intransigent prisoner, a casuistical priest. Intellectual Intrigue in Mexico City
There are still plenty of people who use the Craft, as Masons like to call their oddball institution, as the perfect inkblot onto which they can project their fantasies of organized wickedness, whatever those happen to be. Energy Bulletin -
Geologists seem to stumble on some of the really oddball animals, assigning them delightful descriptors.
He also had a sense of humour that veered into the absurd, which explains why he enjoyed interacting with the oddballs.

How To Use Oddball In A Sentence

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