Sentence examples for odd usages from inspiring English sources

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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.

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

It's a rather odd usage, however, given that Gove has yet to clarify exactly what he means by it and how he would achieve it.

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.

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

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

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.

It is a source of pride to him that he has always prepared his own translations of his books into English: though some Americn editors have been known to remark that they find his usages "a little odd".

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.

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