How do you use the word "odd" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "odd": Even times odd is even, odd times odd is odd. Odd numbers alternate with even ones.

Odd Meaning

/ɒd/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjDiffering from what is usual, ordinary or expected.

adjDiffering from what is usual, ordinary or expected., Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.

Sentence Examples

Even times odd is even, odd times odd is odd.

Odd numbers alternate with even ones.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

funny uneven unusual

Antonyms:

even usual

CEFR Practice Quiz

The number 7 is considered ____ because it cannot be divided evenly by two.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

It seemed ____ that the store was closed on a busy Saturday afternoon with no explanation posted.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”). Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon””) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point").

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day." — 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

"Jena Janovy is a strange bird—a college basketball player who is a) female and b) short (5 feet 3 inches) and, perhaps oddest of all, lets neither of those things dampen her rabid enthusiasm for the game." — 1987 June 14, Karen Stabiner, “Putting her Heart through the Hoop”, in The New York Times, retrieved 29 Jul 2010:

"Did Mary (I thought it was odd that they always called her Mary even though her name was Mary Anne, and odder that Mom refused to correct them) have time for some questions?" — 2012, Will Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club, Knopf Doubleday, →ISBN:

"[One of them would] say, 'Hi, Mother.' This might be Chrissie with the purple hair and black lipstick, or Adam, who usually wore odd leather stuff. Sometimes 'Hi' was all I heard; other times they'd stay and talk for a minute." — 2003, Kenneth Rubin, Andrea Thompson, The Friendship Factor, Penguin, →ISBN:

""Here, I have some odd change that should make things easier." As Tish turned and reached for the cigarettes, Eric took some loose coins from his pocket and placed the change from the twenty into his other pocket." — 2009, Sam O'Connor, Tales of Old Las Vegas: Inside are a Few Stories Set in the 60's, where There was More to the Action Than the Games, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 187:

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