Sentence examples for were strangely off from inspiring English sources

Scotland were strangely off against England, but lost by only six, and had Wales in some bother before succumbing to a four-point defeat that looked about right.

The words are all there, but something is strangely off about the whole thing, like the forced apology of a middle school kid who is mostly sorry that he got caught.

Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton, winning his 50th cap and so solid against France and England, was strangely off-key.

"There is no shortage of examples of weird outliers," says Kennedy. "It's not that there is one particular place that is strangely off-center, the fact is that if you look at patterns of drug use, that is a routine finding".

Being a nice guy, he includes his brother-in-law-to-be, Alan (Zach Galifianakis), in the festivities, despite the fact that Alan is strangely off-kilter, a loose cannon who still lives with his parents.

Bush always seemed angry and vengeful when parrying with the media or political opponents, while Obama's air of concern and thoughtfulness has always been strangely off-putting to many Americans.

As ideas these sound great, but the execution is strangely off.

Those were strangely emotional days.

But, while jockeys are celebrated when they win, they are strangely invisible off the track in the Houyhnhnm-land of horse racing, where the animals are supposed to be the stars.

It was strangely like war.

Threads that tail off in agreement are strangely listless affairs.