How to Use outlandish in a Sentence

outlandish

adjective
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  • The actress wore an outlandish dress to the awards ceremony.
  • She fills her books with outlandish characters.
  • In this economy, the one with the most clicks wins, and the one with the most outlandish take gets the most clicks.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But this is by far her most outlandish look from the shop yet.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In the United States, the very idea of drug rights strikes most lawyers as outlandish.
    — David Pozen, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Whatever the case, the outlandish design is a test of the Tesla brand.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Tension builds with the courses, each more outlandish than the last.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The idea may not be outlandish, given the support this culture has found in the past.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The games may be outlandish, but the dystopian world around them is very real.
    — Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Only the rich have the means to lose money on business ideas that are viewed as outlandish.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • And Jones could go on any number of far-right outlets to share his outlandish views.
    — Jon Passantino, CNN, 14 June 2024
  • But why, in this outlandish and violent scenario, would McRaven want to take me out in the first place?
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Believe it or not, the notion of a foldable iPhone isn’t all that outlandish.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Bradley remembers waking up in the middle of the night with her head full of outlandish thoughts.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a spontaneity within my music that feels off the cuff, blunt and at the same time outlandish.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2024
  • And to be clear, while the outlandish claims about 1047 don’t make sense, there are some reasonable worries.
    — Kelsey Piper, Vox, 14 June 2024
  • Some are crazy stories, some are outlandish, and some are just mind-blowing.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Sure, the look is a tad outlandish for everyday—but this is couture week!
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 July 2022
  • Fashion at the Met Gala can be outlandish, but it can also be used to voice opinions.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2021
  • But Pollard takes the cake by being the most outlandish, the funniest, and the most surprising.
    — Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023
  • In a new study, researchers explore an outlandish way to help do that: launching dust into space from the surface of the moon to shade the Earth.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2023
  • And what a way to mark the occasion, because this watch is a doozy, even by Drake’s rather outlandish standards.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2021
  • What comes across as silly—and what is just outlandish enough to be believable?
    — Margret Grebowicz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
  • If the trailer is anything to go by, Fallout will take a cue from the video game and mix the doom and gloom with outlandish dark comedy.
    — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 27 Dec. 2023
  • But Kennedy’s version of events was widely seen as outlandish.
    — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The idea that Russia could pose a serious threat to Poland, much less to France or Germany, is outlandish.
    — Justin Logan and Joshua Shifrinson, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2023
  • None of these is any more outlandish than a Kids and Family Witcher show.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The idea seems outlandish, but space debris is a growing problem.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The spread has sparked a push from local and federal officials, along with some politicians, who have decried the spread of misinformation and outlandish claims about the origins of the storms.
    — NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Another outlandish example of bias can be found in a book called Penguins from the 1960s, which starts out as a beautiful, general book about penguins.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024

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