Examples of unusual in a Sentence
It's not unusual for him to stay late at work.
a scene of unusual beauty
She has an unusual name.
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Although not musicians, the Goldbergs quickly realized there was something unusual about their 3-year-old boy.
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Steve Rothaus, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
For one group of six girls living in Waterloo, Canada, their lives took an unusual turn when a couple of very territorial geese decided to claim their front lawn as their own.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
But something unusual happened when ULA scrubbed the countdown last Wednesday.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
After a somewhat middling gameplay reveal this past weekend that skewed pretty negative, Bungie announced a Closed Marathon Alpha for next week, April 23, but one taking the unusual step of being under an NDA, just five months from launch.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Steve Rothaus, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
For one group of six girls living in Waterloo, Canada, their lives took an unusual turn when a couple of very territorial geese decided to claim their front lawn as their own.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
But something unusual happened when ULA scrubbed the countdown last Wednesday.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
After a somewhat middling gameplay reveal this past weekend that skewed pretty negative, Bungie announced a Closed Marathon Alpha for next week, April 23, but one taking the unusual step of being under an NDA, just five months from launch.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Unusual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unusual. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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unusual
adjective
un·usu·al
ˌən-ˈyüzh-(ə-)wəl 
-ˈyü-zhəl
unusually
adverb
-ē
unusualness
noun
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