eccentrics
- plural of eccentric.
Example Sentences
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He takes his time absorbing every seemingly inconsequential detail as he becomes attached to the personalities of eccentrics on their self-assigned quests to accomplish unlikely goals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Both Kennedy and Trump are famous eccentrics who possess a charismatic weirdness that somehow captures people’s imaginations — and inspires them to become devoted followers.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
It is full of eccentrics, impish humour, and the absurdities of small-town and big-city life.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
While Pildas was capturing the seven architects 45 years ago, he was also busy chronicling the city’s street culture — jazz clubs, boulevard eccentrics, decaying movie palaces and bohemian artists.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
Thus both Copernicus and Francis Bacon wrote of astronomers ‘feigning’ eccentrics and epicycles—they meant these are imaginary entities.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
