Example sentences for: offbeat

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

  • 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.

  • Barry ( Get Shorty ) Sonnenfeld's shamelessly silly comedy about government agents who police extraterrestrials is hailed as the most offbeat and enjoyable blockbuster of the summer.

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

  • And then out of Owens' offbeat past appear his 10-year-old daughter, Jane, and her mother, Mary di Natali, whom he once urged to get an abortion and has since done his best to forget.

  • An article chronicles the aborted return of offbeat television.


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