Sentence examples for odd usage from inspiring English sources

"He has rather odd usage, somewhat overly formal language," Cranbrook said.

In an odd usage, the author identifies those criminals with whom the detectives become most obsessed as "Whites"—the allusion is to Moby Dick, the White Whale that is Ahab's preoccupation.

In an odd usage, the author identifies those criminals with whom the detectives become most obsessed as "Whites" — the allusion is to Moby Dick, the White Whale that is Ahab's preoccupation.

The edition Plate sent me was so riddled with typos, misspellings (Jason Robards was "Jason Roberts") and odd usages, I was sure I was reading a set of uncorrected bound galleys.

Odds of usage were 35% lower on busier than average days in the ED (OR = 0.65; 95%CI = 0.62, 0.67).

Through recursive substitutions [ 37], it can be shown that the regression coefficient linking the Treatment or Control Group Status variable and the Odds of Condom Usage is: (A*B +(C*E*F +(A*D*F), where A,B,C,D,E, and F are all coefficients to be estimated.

If there is any major flaw in this device it is this odd problem of disk usage.

The horror of the potential usage those odd tools and the outcome of the plump cute lambs nearly became unbearable.

However, despite the official titling, conventional usage took an odd turn.

Battery life was also good, lasting 38 hours between charges using Huawei's smart power plan, with hundreds of notifications, 10 hours of music listening, five hours' browsing and app usage and the odd spot of photography and gaming.

Using it as my primary device with hundreds of emails, push notifications and messages pouring in, more than three hours of browsing and app usage, plus the odd photo and quick spot of Super Crossfighter the G5 lasted just over 24 hours.