Sentence examples for pretty eccentric from inspiring English sources

BUILDING houses and offices out of toxic waste sounds like a pretty eccentric idea.

"She's a pretty eccentric woman — and in love with her snails," he said.

Yes, the patients are deserving of sympathy, but they also do some pretty eccentric things.

"The other ones think Andrew's pretty eccentric, but there you are," she said.

Laws has told the Times Educational Supplement that Gove "has some pretty eccentric ideas – such as giving vocational qualifications no value at all in league tables".

As Maple put it, "If it hadn't affected the rest of us, I'm sure we would have thought, That's a pretty eccentric decision.

The lobby was swarming with secret police, journalists, and some pretty eccentric-looking human shields, including one with long dreadlocks and pierced ears who wore black Kurdish pantaloons with a saggy rear end.

Some questioned the film's potential as a frontrunner: between The Artist and Argo, the Academy has recently been sympathetic to films that reflect their own industry, but Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's backstage black comedy is a pretty sour, eccentric portrait.

Whereas I think Americans are pretty eccentric… Guy has a lot of the wisdom and patience Louis has…" "While the tape is running," Paul laughs.

Once a pretty place populated by eccentric creatures, Wonderland is now a dark, dangerous world, filled with monsters and gibbering children, where Alice must fight for her life as she heads toward a showdown with the Red Queen.

Oh sorry, didn't I mention that might be on the cards?' "As Frank has done this job for the whole of our family life, we are pretty used to his eccentric lifestyle.