Example Sentences

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Karsh drives a white Tesla and it somehow becomes a key character in the film, off-puttingly so.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025

Family members are off-puttingly rude to each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2020

Maybe it’s the way he sticks to approachable, figurative images that are playful, but never off-puttingly abstract.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2020

His era-scrambling cleverness — also evident in his 1999 adaptation of Molière’s “The Misanthrope” — can initially feel off-puttingly arch.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2020

“Cats can be quiet . . . independent,” she points out, choosing a milder adjective than, say, “aloof,” or, perhaps, “emotionally distant and off-puttingly self-absorbed.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2017