Usage of "off-the-wall"

Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.

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Examples for "bizarre"

It seems bizarre how far North Korea is prepared to push China. 
 The Irish Times 

Either way, it was far too bizarre for James to think about. 
 James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper 

More damaging information has also come to light about Ford's bizarre behaviour. 
 The Guardian 

It's the birth of a spotted hyena, however, that is particularly bizarre. 
 Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation 

I said nothing, assuming that this was just a bizarre rhetorical question. 
 Year Zero 

His 'eccentric' family travelled a great deal when he was a child. 
 Death by Video Game 

People who met my parents said they reminded them of eccentric vaudevillians.' 
 The Guardian 

Nonetheless, Chelsea's approach to a game of potential difficulties had been eccentric. 
 The Irish Times 

That's a much bigger challenge than making outrageous eccentric statements, Morrow said. 
 Reuters 

Memory, she knew-especiallywhen you were her age-wasnothing if not eccentric. 
 The double bind 

But how many of the film's outlandish military research projects really happened? 
 Wired 

A repeat of Dele Alli's recent breakthrough is not an outlandish idea. 
 The Guardian 

The better part of Caliph's thinking had gone into one outlandish plan. 
 The last page 

Wild, outlandish fellows were loitering about the door and in the street. 
 "My Novel" — Volume 12 

It's easy to scoff at these claims as outlandish and distinctly American. 
 The Guardian 

Drain, break into pieces; place in a food processor, pulse until flaky. 
 Ebony 

They regard a dietary solution as simplistic or as flaky alternative medicine. 
 Independent.ie 

All of these elements can result in itchy, flaky and irritated skin. 
 Ebony 

That sounds a little flaky. How many times had I said that? 
 Death du Jour 

PVC sculptures can look a little flaky the rest of the year. 
 Wired 

If the league game produced a freakish result, this rematch did not. 
 The Guardian 

Besides, no one's 'normal.' Phil must have had something freakish about him. 
 Torment 

Melinda was kind of freakish looking when she was my age, actually. 
 Geektastic 

The god of the machine was in a freakish mood that evening. 
 Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories 

And now you propose to drop it in the same freakish manner. 
 Dark Hollow 

Don't you think the current administration would consider that kind of freaky? 
 Crooked little vein 

From the freaky-but-awesome files: this 300-metre long spiderweb on the Greek coast. 
 Radio NZ 

But if you thought that album satisfied his freaky streak, think again. 
 Reuters 

Just scratched herself up with a paper clip, on some freaky jag. 
 The Girls 

In the beginning, there was just a freaky outsider called David Byrne. 
 The Guardian 

However, the gonzo nature of Rifts can make it hard to get into. 
 Wired 

But she'll have these sort of like, gorgeous, gonzo lyrical passages. 
 The new yorker 

His father, with his money and influence and irresistible gonzo charisma, had saved her. 
 The lonely polygamist: a novel 

All the rest of you guys, these five rows, are gonzo-history-backinthe fleet. 
 The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228 

But the gonzo master was a one-off, writes Shane Hegarty. 
 The Irish Times 

The person who produced the most outre sentiment was called 'strong.' 
 That Fortune 

His costume of fringed buckskin was wild and outre even for our frontier camp. 
 Selected Stories of Bret Harte 

To wed immediately would be improper-wouldbe indecorous-wouldbe outre. 
 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 

Quite possibly nothing as outre and impressive as this. 
 The Guardian 

They delighted in the scandalous and the outre. 
 Perdido Street Station 

See if snowflake science is flakey Do snowflakes always have six branches? 
 Wired 

These should be light and flakey if made according to directions. 
 Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled During Her Visit A... 

A good Danish pastry is an irresistible breakfast treat -buttery, rich and flakey. 
 The Irish Times 

A heavy purplish vapor in the crucible condensed on the walls into black, flakey crystals. 
 Islands of Space 

Sometimes he'd shovel bagels between his flakey dry lips. 
 Fantastic Orgy 

Uso de off-the-wall em inglês

Trump's off-the-wall accusations, tantrums and defiance illustrate the need for parental control. 
 The Guardian 

I had a totally off-the-wall connection between Mo and the drug dealers. 
 Three to get deadly and four to score 

He found it hard to consider the ramifications, the idea was so off-the-wall. 
 Moonfall 

There are enough off-the-wall characters in our family that the stories are limitless. 
 Ebony 

Some are off-the-wall bonkers, and some are grounded in historical precedent. 
 Wired 

The four days are packed with trad music sessions and off-the-wall activities and competitions. 
 The Irish Times 

Torrents of arguments, some good arguments, mixed up with bad arguments, and off-the-wall arguments. 
 The Irish Times 

Take special note of the Nuovo Award, where off-the-wall, experimental art games are celebrated. 
 Wired 

And Myra said that one day Larry told her this really off-the-wall story about Mo. 
 Three to get deadly and four to score 

Students asked off-the-wall questions-andgot answers courtesy of Google. 
 Wired 

I will, instead, completely off-the-wall estimate the water velocity and then calculate the flow rate. 
 Wired 

If you're an investor, you should expect more off-the-wall acquisitions and product cancellations from Google. 
 The Guardian 

The idea, like so many cooked up in cyberspace, seems at once off-the-wall and inspired. 
 The Irish Times 

Significados de off-the-wall em inglês