Something damned odd was taking place in the portable building beside the high school gym.

That's a damned odd question, thought Bruno, what the devil is the old boy driving at?

It would have seemed damned odd if he hadn't.

He had a notion something damned odd was going to happen at Broadstairs.

"Will you make order from the chaos of this damned odd place?"

But there is something damned odd about the whole situation.

Seems damned odd to go to all that trouble to remove the body but leave the blood, though.

"And there's something damned odd out there just beyond the nose of the ship itself."

I think it's damned odd that he didn't get sick too.

But it has been a damned odd summer, and that's the truth.