odd moment

collocation in English

meaningsofoddandmoment

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odd
adjective
uk
/ɒd/us
/ɑːd/
strange ...
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofoddandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are the protectors of the taxpayers, and we should not let such a matter go through in anoddmomentwithout some criticism.
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Unfortunately in the course of thisoddmomentof inattention and relaxation, her hand was caught in the machine.
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On the other hand, in view of what we have heard, this seems a veryoddmomentat which to bring forward this order.
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This is anoddmomentat which to announce the pushing forward of a capital programme which would not otherwise have been undertaken.
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It could mean every two or three years or anyoddmoment, and we feel that it is too imprecise.
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It is not much good coming along, therefore, and complaining that an inspector might at someoddmomentbe found performing quasi-judicial functions.
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This is anoddmomentto introduce the proposals not just for debate but for decision, given that those discussions will continue for several weeks, and possibly for months.
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If deterrence has worked, it would indeed be anoddmomentto diminish it because the international scene is in many areas unsettled and even turbulent.
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There are, however the odd moments of insight.
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All the odd moments are identically zero, given the symmetry of the system.
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I therefore may have let something very important pass by in the odd moments when one is allowed relaxation.
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We may find some odd moments of amusement in it, but it is, on the whole, an unhappy and undignified affair.
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Politicians are apt to see clouds breaking and the sun shining over distant hills at the most odd moments.
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He wrote quickly, at odd moments of leisure and with little special preparation.
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Because the standard raised cosine distribution is an even function, the odd moments are zero.
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Given her troubled background, she also possesses a surprisingly good sense of humor, which often comes out at odd moments.
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He experimented with that glaze in odd moments over a period of a dozen or fifteen years.
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So they turn up at odd moments during the narrative.
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