How to Use misfit in a Sentence

misfit

noun
  • In these worlds, misfits set the rules.
    — Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The cast in this movie is like the aisle of misfit toys.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Torts’s turn to wring the marrow out of a team of misfit toys.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The rest of the team was put together like the land of misfit toys.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2021
  • Maybe that’s because all the misfit toys find homes, even the doll who seems just fine to me.
    — Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2020
  • An odd-ball team of misfits and foreign agents fill out the roster.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • And a tolerant place is bound to attract its share of misfits.
    — Brendan Borrell, Smithsonian, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Which means that back on the island, the misfit toys are quarreling.
    — Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, 24 Apr. 2017
  • This is for those who feel like the unders, the misfits — this represents us.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 8 May 2017
  • Besides, Tom clearly has a soft spot for misfits.
    — Grace Byron, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Thus the image of my misfit soul, batted back and forth between the forces of good and evil.
    — Sara Eckel, Longreads, 1 June 2018
  • Shirley is going to yet another school for misfits.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • As celebrity memoirs go, Sharon Stone's is a bit of a misfit.
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Jonathan continues to teach Will that being a misfit is the coolest.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 29 Oct. 2017
  • So what future do our beloved space misfits have, if any, in the MCU?
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 5 May 2023
  • For the weirdos and misfits celebrating the creepiest night of the year.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Oct. 2017
  • That includes the three healthy but misfit trees — a gingko biloba, an African tulip and a water gum.
    — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 4 Sep. 2019
  • But with a new film comes new threats, including one that even the smartest of this band of misfits couldn't see coming a mile away.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 13 May 2023
  • The homeliest misfit even gets to fly to New York with a human in tow.
    — Nancy Coleman, CNN, 23 June 2017
  • All the while, the band of misfit traders continued laughing — all the way to their digital banks.
    — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
  • In Blade Runner, the people were misfits, and the robots did the dirty work.
    — Brian Raftery, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2017
  • But Rudolph, Santa, the sleigh and the misfit toys will cost a pretty penny.
    — Kelsie Smith, CNN, 17 Oct. 2020
  • For profitable business owners, the biggest tax risks are mis-timing and misfit.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
  • In the second episode, Agatha seeks out a coven to help her, pulling together a group of down-on-their-luck misfits.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The show was led by a crew of nerdy misfits, all scientists on the west coast of the United States.
    — cleveland, 8 Oct. 2019
  • No one is coming to save New York City, so this ragtag group of misfits has to step up.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
  • His icy, anguished eyes—though both are the same color—convey all the torment a misfit on Earth might feel.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
  • This squad no longer resembles the underdog misfit group that was easy to hop aboard the bandwagon and root for.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • But what moved me about this particular group of misfits went far beyond the external stakes.
    — Kyle Balda, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
  • Great decision-makers name fit and misfit early.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

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