motley crew

noun

: an unusual mixed group
We were a motley crew of musicians and athletes.

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Like its predecessors, Fear Street: Prom Queen, a loose adaptation of R.L. Stine's 1992 novel The Prom Queen, honors the broader franchise by pairing teen melodrama with shockingly gnarly kills and a motley crew of suspects. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025 This is why Love on the Spectrum competes in Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program at the Emmys, alongside a motley crew of two-time defending champ Welcome to Wrexham, Vanderpump Rules, and RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, rather than Reality Competition. Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2025 The seeds in this case are sewn when a motley crew of high society vacationers (and their staff) descend upon the coastal mansion occupied by Neville’s bedbound aunt Lady Tressilian (a near-unrecognizable Anjelica Huston). Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025 Sporting matching cycling jerseys, our peloton is a motley crew. Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for motley crew

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“Motley crew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motley%20crew. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.

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