How to Use kooky in a Sentence

kooky

adjective
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  • I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers.
  • The kooky shapes that adorn Weird Barbie’s home were built from scratch.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • They’re based in Oregon (cue the kooky Portlandia vibes).
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The show definitely brought out a kooky side of us all!
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Stracke, blonde with a peppy, Southern accent, is on the kooky side but maybe the most no-nonsense of the Housewives.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But here’s a kookier question: How many punts will there be all game?
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2018
  • Burt meets a lot of kooky characters through his practice.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The quiet community of St. Helens, Oregon played the role of this kooky town in the film and hosted the cast and crew for about a month in 1998.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Why, argyle, of course — that preppy pattern found on socks and sweaters, and an apt name for the latest kooky spy caper from Matthew Vaughn.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • To much of the country, that Left Coast pedigree suggests kooky liberal.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
  • This series is creepy and it’s kooky, mysterious and spooky.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The short has a kooky premise: a masked robber tries to hold up a convenience store, only to discover that the man behind the counter is an old pal.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The no-guilt, all-pleasure action flick with switching faces and identities lets Cage go all-in with kooky glory.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • The no-guilt, all-pleasure action flick with switching faces and identities lets Cage go all-in with kooky glory.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
  • Xu and Leung’s film, co-directed by Katherine Dudas, is bright, kooky and so much fun.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
  • Those were words of wisdom from my kooky great-aunt Estelle, who loved the idea of love and would seek me out at family events to bestow her advice.
    — Erica Groten, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Screen Time: 7:24 Verdict: Mulligan’s kooky cameo imbues this tragic lush with a dash of camp.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The costars speak to EW about the kooky Booksmart-esque comedy, paranormal encounters, and the show's big twist.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 July 2022
  • But that doesn’t mean their ideas about AI necessarily are kooky.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The kooky head of the GOP state committee is not one to be daunted by disastrous circumstances of his own making.
    — Dan McGowan, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The teaser trailer highlights a subway train in Element City and all the kooky characters in its seats.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • In the extended family of beer styles, lambics are the kooky European cousins.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But while this premise may sound like the type of meta, kooky concept that Black Mirror once had delicious fun with, the resulting story is inert.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 17 June 2023
  • Since then, there have been countless iterations of the creepy, kooky family.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 June 2023
  • Maclain Way: Everyone just really dismissed the story as just this bizarre, kooky cult.
    — Lincoln Michel, GQ, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Tbh, that’s the only situation in which this kooky, forgettable film would even be worth checking out.
    — Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Now 10% Off Follow along with Boo, a shy little ghost, who learns the meaning of bravery and acceptance along with many other of his kooky Halloween friends.
    — Anna Mahan, Country Living, 29 Aug. 2023
  • On view are works with a kooky utopian twist, such as the blobby, biomorphic sculptures of New York artist Thomas Barger, which double as shelves for storage and display.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2020
  • This being One Piece, though, the character can’t resist the urge to add a kooky flourish: Zoro’s signature move is busting out a third sword, to be wielded with his teeth.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Ben seeks to accomplish this goal — to the dismay of many around him — by adhering to the principles set forth in a questionable manual cooked up by a kooky guru named Mealworm (Oscar nominee Paul Raci).
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024

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