The phrase "a strange order" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an unusual or unexpected arrangement or sequence of items, instructions, or events.
Example: "The instructions were given in a strange order, making it difficult to follow the steps."
Alternatives: "an unusual arrangement" or "a peculiar sequence".
Living among distant connections, where what happens in Bangalore happens in Boston, we are more receptive to the idea of such a strange order in the universe.
Some years ago, a very enthusiastic cleaning lady took all my books out to dust them while we were away and put them back in such a strange order I've never been able to find anything since.
The Breves causae and Argumenta are arranged in a strange order: first come the Breves causae and Argumenta for Matthew, followed by the Breves and Argumenta for Mark, then, quite oddly, come the Argumenta of both Luke and John, followed by their Breves causae.
Turn your iTunes on random to shuffle all your songs into a strange order and try and guess what's being played.
Kennedy is believed to have played a role in a similarly strange order earlier this year, which called for additional briefing in a high-stakes case pitting religious liberty against contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
"If you went into a bar and the bartender was wearing gloves on his hands, you'd probably feel a little strange ordering a drink from him".
In 1967, he followed "Julian" with "Washington, D.C.," the opening volume of a sequence of novels variously known as "American Chronicles" or "Narratives of Empire," which he pursued intermittently, and in strange order, over the next three decades.
It's a strange thing, New Order's legacy.
It's also well established that dolphins sleep with one brain hemisphere at a time, and recent research suggests that we may also do the same when sleeping in a strange place, in order to be more vigilant.
Rather they were men with few family attachments, hewing out a living in a strange land in order to escape jail time, debts and abusive families.
I was thrilled as first-responders offered up their credit card numbers to a strange Web site in order to show me that they cared.
