PECULIAR in a Sentence
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242 example sentences for PECULIAR, such as:
1. They behaved in a very peculiar way.
2. I had a peculiar feeling we'd met before.
3. There was a peculiar smell in the kitchen.
4. The observation was extraordinary and peculiar.
5. And the behaviour of the cat was somewhat peculiar.
2. I had a peculiar feeling we'd met before.
3. There was a peculiar smell in the kitchen.
4. The observation was extraordinary and peculiar.
5. And the behaviour of the cat was somewhat peculiar.
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Meanings and Examples of PECULIAR
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peculiar
a. unique or specific to a person or thing or category
a. characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 And the behaviour of the cat was somewhat peculiar.
2 But just at this moment Napoleon stood up and, casting a peculiar sidelong look at Snowball, uttered a high-pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard him utter before.
3 She looked at him again, and smiled in her peculiar manner.
4 On the right shoulder of the mantle there was cut, in white cloth, a cross of a peculiar form.
5 To each of these chairs was added a footstool, curiously carved and inlaid with ivory, which mark of distinction was peculiar to them.
6 He wore a high square yellow cap of a peculiar fashion, assigned to his nation to distinguish them from Christians, and which he doffed with great humility at the door of the hall.
7 While indulging themselves in the pleasures of the table, they aimed at delicacy, but avoided excess, and were apt to attribute gluttony and drunkenness to the vanquished Saxons, as vices peculiar to their inferior station.
8 These, and many more arguments, some adapted to the peculiar circumstances of those whom he addressed, had the expected weight with the nobles of Prince John's faction.
9 I must have something that I can term exclusively my own by this foray of ours, and I have fixed on the lovely Jewess as my peculiar prize.
10 To this, however, Rebecca opposed many reasons, of which we shall only mention two that had peculiar weight with Isaac.
11 Cedric, ere they departed, expressed his peculiar gratitude to the Black Champion, and earnestly entreated him to accompany him to Rotherwood.
12 The mode of entering the great tower of Coningsburgh Castle is very peculiar, and partakes of the rude simplicity of the early times in which it was erected.
13 Therefore the peculiar soft assurance of a girl like Constance Reid fascinated him.
14 The observation was extraordinary and peculiar.
15 So when he stared at Connie in his peculiar way, giving her his peculiar, precise information, she felt all the background of his mind filling up with mist, with nothingness.
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1 I find her attitude a bit peculiar, to say the least.
2 They behaved in a very peculiar way.
3 I had a peculiar feeling we'd met before.
4 Some time ago, however, a peculiar fish was caught near Madagascar.
5 For some peculiar reason, she refused to come inside.
6 There was a peculiar smell in the kitchen.
7 A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life.
8 It was the enlightened afrancesados who were to confuse political issues by their peculiar relation to liberalism.
9 Government by coalition has its own peculiar set of problems.
10 Once you have tasted life in southern California, it takes a peculiar kind of masochism to return to a British winter.
11 He has his own peculiar style which you'll soon get used to.
12 Yes, I know as a detective you are not at liberty to make promises off-hand, but my case is a very peculiar one.
13 The only reason to note this is to emphasize that Indians were a special case created by the peculiar history of the United States.
14 What I find peculiar is the notion “fundamentalists” need or deserve to be criticized.
15 The well-known face was there: stern, relentless as ever - there was that peculiar eye which nothing could melt.