weird - use in sentences

Infinitive complement

  • think: Weird to think that there are people who would find reading 50 books in a year to be a challenge.

Modifying Another Word

  • kinda: Awww, I'd say that's kinda weird, but I'm scared of coffee.
  • downright: Others are touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, or downright weird.
  • pretty: There is some pretty weird logic going on about this.
  • plain: What's more, the cast are just plain weird to look at.
  • really: There are some really weird real people out there.
  • slightly: To me the most intereting character in it is the slightly weird girl played by Ally Sheedy.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • seem: In theory the hammer should now be less in your way, but it does seem a bit weird to me.

Modifies a noun

  • stuff: Weird stuff is going on at work at the moment.
  • cos: Looking forward to seeing everyone at the airport ( a bit weird cos of the no ticket situation!
  • dream: I've been having lots of weird dreams at the moment.
  • happening: The living room was often the location of weird happenings.
  • eh: Yet as a kid - I hated the stuff - weird eh!

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: For example, what constitutes a proper request in Arabic may seem weird in English.
  • feel: This feels very weird: I'm quite capable of doing that for myself!
  • sound: Yes, I know, sounds weird, doesn't it?
  • look: Nothing is wrong, they look weird to humans, not to cats.
  • act: Maybe that's why they all act so weird!

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