'strange use of' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are talking about an unexpected or unusual way of using something. For example, "The student made a strange use of the paint in order to create a unique piece of art."
That is a strange use of an opposition leader's time.It is also not working.
In her small, lush paintings, bald, bearded, dark-skinned, seemingly Middle Eastern men make strange use of lighted birthday cakes.
In addition to its strange use of music, "The Wicker Man" is deliberately off-putting in its depiction of sexuality.
She teases the reader intellectually rather in the way that Gertrude Stein used to tease, by a strange use of repetition, and by often using silliness as a route to the exploration of seriousness.
Ignore the strange use of apostrophe, put away your pac-a-mac and join the locals in a weekend of beach campfires, foraging, raft racing, wild singing and fancy-dress surfing.
Each of the stores along Main Street had a state-issued sign above its doorway, vaguely threatening in all capital letters: FISH MARKET, HARDWARE & VIDEO STORE, FLOWER SHOP, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE THRIFT STORE — with that strange use of the definite article.
People had to learn HTML code, or Hypertext Markup Language; abbreviations like F.T.P. (file transfer protocol); and strange uses of familiar words like "socket" (a method of communicating with network programs).
Gruff Rhys: Super Furry Animals I listened to The Strange Uses of Ox Gall by H Hawkline because he's my neighbour in Cardiff, but the songs seeped into my ears and never left.
What strange uses of English have you heard or read lately?
These images are like a weird version of The Busy World of Richard Scarry, and every page of every Marc Bell comic is chock full of original concepts and strange uses of language.
What's the strangest use of your music that you know of?
