Example sentences for: offbeat

How can you use “offbeat” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "One is astonished to see something so bold, offbeat, and unsettling is on Broadway," says USA Today 's David Patrick Stearns.

  • An article chronicles the aborted return of offbeat television.

  • Yet another fun, if offbeat, idea is to ride a donkey from the port up to Fira town on Santorini.

  • Lukewarm reviews for Milos Forman's biopic about offbeat 1970s comedian Andy Kaufman; tremendous reviews for Jim Carrey in the lead role.

  • As always, critics applaud Sayles' heartfelt liberalism and choice of offbeat subjects, which make him the "most restlessly independent independent filmmaker" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). But most critics say he "doesn't have a filmmaker's instinct" (Amy Taubin, the Village Voice ). Except in Lone Star , they say, Sayles' dialogue is stilted and his cinematography drab.


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