odd request
Frequency: 6.24.1 per million words
a peculiar or strange request
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Examples (10)
- The customer made an odd request for a bowl of warm water with lemon but no tea.
- It seemed like an odd request, but I decided to help him anyway.
- She received an odd request from a complete stranger on the internet.
- The hotel staff is used to fulfilling the occasional odd request from guests.
- Why would he make such an odd request at this late hour of the night?
- I know it's an odd request, but could you lend me your umbrella for just five minutes?
- He couldn't help but smile when he heard the odd request from the little girl.
- The police were investigating an odd request made to the bank manager earlier that day.
- Despite the odd request, the chef prepared the meal exactly as the patron asked.
- I've had some odd requests in my career, but this one is definitely the strangest.