How to Use eccentric in a Sentence
- He was a kind but eccentric man.
- She's become more eccentric over the years.
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Think of this as the more eccentric cousin to the puff sleeve.
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Marykate Boylan,
Town & Country,
27 Jan. 2021
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At first he was just seen as eccentric and needy and a gossip.
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Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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Crisscross your shades for a fun and eccentric take on the trend.
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Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
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To the rest of the world, this person is this campy eccentric thing.
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H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Guests showed up in their most eccentric finery.
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Blanche Marcel,
Vanity Fair,
27 Apr. 2026
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Even her eccentric, dying mom is more than a little wary of her.
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Tony Adler,
Chicago Reader,
23 May 2018
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Touch base with someone who is a bit eccentric, and make plans to visit.
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BostonGlobe.com,
29 June 2018
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What counts as eccentric in the garden, and what counts as a folly?
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James Fenton,
The New York Review of Books,
16 Mar. 2023
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Color-drenched yet cozy, eccentric yet warm.
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee
may 27,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2026
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Or maybe all of my me's were guests at a wedding buffet planned by an eccentric bride.
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Domenica Bongiovanni,
Indianapolis Star,
2 Oct. 2019
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But not all were thrilled; some found Jonas too strident or eccentric.
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New York Times,
19 Aug. 2022
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First come the artists, then the charmingly eccentric bars and cafes that cater to them.
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Anne Kadet,
WSJ,
7 Feb. 2017
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Her main form of art was pottery, which inspired her home's eccentric style.
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Kelly Corbett,
House Beautiful,
18 June 2020
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And this is not an eccentric detail in a quirky Netflix rom-com.
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Darren Franich,
EW.com,
3 Aug. 2020
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He was also known for his eccentric passions.
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Ashley Vega,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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But Nereid would have been spared and sent on an eccentric orbit instead.
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Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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Sadly, her long ago past life seems to have fostered eccentric fears of brooms and loud noises.
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cleveland,
20 May 2021
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The Texas Rangers are known for their eccentric ballpark food.
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Brayden Garcia,
Dallas News,
13 Aug. 2020
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Channel the curly-haired cutie and her eccentric fashion with mixed colors and prints.
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Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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Like most of Woodring’s work, this twist is both charmingly eccentric and very sad.
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Sam Thielman,
The New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2022
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The concepts in this film are so wild and eccentric, like the thumb henchmen and the Fooglies.
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Iana Murray,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2021
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So there was always a house full of eccentric people and a lot of them were musicians.
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Annie Alleman,
Elgin Courier-News,
7 Mar. 2018
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And for good reason, this carpet has been the home of so many insanely eccentric looks over the years.
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Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
13 Sep. 2023
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Think of it as maximalism’s campy and more eccentric cousin.
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Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Jan. 2026
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Both of the brunettes gave a nod to the Y2K era with their very eccentric hairstyles.
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Chelsea Avila,
Allure,
22 Sep. 2022
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An eccentric burnout, someone for whom the eighties had been dazzling but dimming at the same time.
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Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Williams' home shows open with the host seated at a dining table with eccentric decor in the background.
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Rasha Ali,
USA TODAY,
18 Sep. 2020
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Each event the staff works at forces them to endure a menagerie of difficult, quirky, and eccentric guests (and guest stars).
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Andrew Walsh,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2023
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The drag queens, the outcasts, the eccentrics were all there.
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Alyssa Hardy,
refinery29.com,
6 Nov. 2023
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On his mother’s side, a line of troubled souls and eccentrics.
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Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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Today, there are few traces of the artists and eccentrics who once stalked the Chelsea’s halls.
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Penelope Green,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2023
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My dad was a world-class eccentric in ways that go beyond what polio did to him.
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Luke Peterson,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
21 Sep. 2021
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White suede bucks are not solely the domain of rich yachtsmen and eccentrics.
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The Fashion Editors,
Esquire,
25 June 2010
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The game of baseball has always had a special place for the eccentric.
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Leigh Montville,
WSJ,
26 May 2022
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Even among the thin ranks of eccentrics who practice eremitism, Zdarsky was going to do things his way, too.
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Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Aug. 2023
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Others might feel the need to rein themselves in and play the straight woman to anchor a cast of eccentrics.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 May 2023
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Bill embraced fashion’s eccentrics and didn’t care about celebrities.
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Joanna Nikas and Valeriya Safronova,
New York Times,
1 July 2016
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The show was run by male eccentrics with money, shot in Vegas, and adored by young boys across the country.
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Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2019
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Like many very rich men before him, Gil is also an unabashed eccentric.
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Leah Greenblatt,
EW.com,
21 Sep. 2022
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Just a few years ago, Musk was largely written off as a fringe eccentric on the verge of poverty.
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Philip Elliott,
Time,
13 Dec. 2021
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Emphasize the eccentric by taking four to six seconds reach the bottom point next to your head.
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Men's Health,
19 July 2023
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As with all art forms, the world of nails offers something for everyone, from the austere to the eccentric.
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Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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Until now emergency preparation has been the preserve of a small band of eccentrics.
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The Economist,
5 Mar. 2020
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Jazz-age eccentrics like Aleister Crowley took it as a direct line to the occult.
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The Economist,
28 June 2019
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This works the eccentric (lowering) phase of the movement, which is an efficient way to build strength.
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Hayden Carpenter,
Outside Online,
10 Mar. 2021
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California eccentrics have tried and failed numerous times to split up the massive state.
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Fox News,
19 Apr. 2018
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Swedish skier Henrik Harlaut is known as an eccentric on the slopes.
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Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
9 Feb. 2022
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Hollywood loves a comedy about a plucky kid and an aging eccentric.
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Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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First, the bench stops your arms from descending too far during the eccentric (lowering) part of the movement.
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Kirk Charles,
Men's Health,
24 May 2022
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Sad to think Jackson got too old or too tired or too out of touch with what the world wants today and sadder still to think that sports has no use for eccentrics.
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Bernie Lincicome,
chicagotribune.com,
30 June 2017
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With a supporting cast of real-life locals, the black comedy brought a world of provincial eccentrics to vivid life.
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Gabrielle Bruney,
Esquire,
16 Dec. 2017
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And because — at least in fiction — such villages are populated with the sort of eccentrics who make for page-turning reading.
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Moira MacDonald,
The Seattle Times,
27 July 2017
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Jacob Kurowicki's love affair with cars doesn't end at track weapons and posh land yachts, but rather extends to the dopey and eccentric.
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Nicole Lazarus,
Car and Driver,
7 Dec. 2022
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She has been sent to Big Sur into the arms of an eccentric, beekeeping grandfather.
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BostonGlobe.com,
3 June 2021
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Sutherland is great fun to watch as an eccentric who speaks mostly in riddles, yet ends up being the most forthright character in the story.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
6 Mar. 2020
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But Bushnell, who is something of an eccentric himself, thought Jobs was valuable to have around, and kept throwing him work.
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Joseph Nocera,
Esquire,
6 Oct. 2011
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The challenge is in keeping him from slipping past larger-than-life eccentric into something more akin to a Bond villain.
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Brian Lowry,
CNN,
21 Dec. 2017
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For example, in a barbell bicep curl, the concentric portion of that lift happens on the way up, and the eccentric happens on the way down.
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Wes Siler,
Outside Online,
12 Feb. 2022
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