- a word derived from weird.
Example Sentences
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"What all I'm doing is weirdly, even though this is more fantastical, it's more real in that sense," Riley said.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Their apparent beef, which has been speculated about by very online people and, weirdly, business reporters, is now “Weekend Update” fodder, with the women comparing their fight to a “literal Chernobyl for white women.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
Always at the heart of these discontents was the battery—or batteries, because there has been a succession of them, an alchemist’s closet of energy-storing potions in weirdly shaped bottles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
Low-fat and fat-free versions tend to skew either watery or weirdly sweet in that diet-adjacent way; save those for smoothies or dressings, where the yogurt is a supporting actor, not the star.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
“Boys!” the stranger said, his voice strained as he fended off Mr. Flux’s weirdly bendy limbs.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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