| 单词 | peculiar |
| 例句 | 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. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z She would be working on a sketch of something familiar but drawn at such close range so she could attach a special nozzle or handier handle, the thing looked peculiar. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z There was a peculiar softness, as of rainwater, in both the color and the texture of the glass. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A peculiar figure stood in front of Grandpa and Lena. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z These standards were not peculiar to any one system of law but were generally acknowledged throughout Europe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I swallow down the peculiar mix of dread and excitement bobbing in my stomach. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Snape loomed behind them, half in shadow, wearing a most peculiar expression: It was as though he was trying hard not to smile. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She then folded herself up into that loaf shape peculiar to cats and regarded her vanquished foe with enormous feline satisfaction, her duty done. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She has a speech impediment, bad moods, and “a couple of peculiar habits that many would find repellent,” he tells Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “But my grandfather was more peculiar than me. He had to be. He was so strong ...” “No, Jacob,” she said, narrowing her eyes at me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was easy not to be serious about the old fellow, for he was that peculiar creation which ignorant people laugh at—a genuine maestro. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which makes me wonder if the wights have been tinkering with nature,” said Millard, “vis-a-vis the transference of peculiar souls.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Or had he forgotten the peculiar girl he used to go riding with—the girl who shared one kiss and a birthday cupcake with him before disappearing forever? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As she scraped at the hide, nicking bits of meat and gristle from the surface, she began to get all empty and peculiar and faint inside. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But nevertheless familiar, and suggestive of the peculiar creative energies of my hometown. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Most children brought up in Brooklyn before the First World War remember Thanksgiving Day there with a peculiar tenderness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Parents, and people in general, are very peculiar when it comes to sex. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z All those early Old World wheels are of a peculiar design: a solid wooden circle constructed of three planks fastened together, rather than a rim with spokes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And the behaviour of the cat was somewhat peculiar. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He seems listless and confused, and though he still learns new problems without external rewards, his performance is peculiar. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The peculiar cross-plays of sentiment were noticed by everybody—the King against his second self, and Gareth against his own brothers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those are a peculiar class of lotus blossoms. The smell is intoxicating, the taste divine. A tiny nibble of a single petal carries you away into a lethargic trance populated by vivid hallucinations.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Now, remembering the visits of the night before, she smiled—and found that she loved them, this most peculiar family. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I meditated upon the peculiar circumstance, that but a half mile away, across the Neck, my former companions—good Mr. G—g among them—glowered back from the fortifications at Roxbury. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I should have liked to dine on her soul. It’s got no taste on its own, the peculiar soul,” he said, addressing us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “A very special place,” Caul said, “where not a drop of your peculiar souls will go to waste.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I thought about how peculiar she was but forgot about her a few minutes later. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z One girl, Mary Lou Finney, said the most peculiar things, like out of the blue she would say, “Omnipotent!” or “Beef brain!” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Boo Boo sounded the call—a peculiar amalgamation of “Taps” and “Reveille”—three times, without any pauses. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z But such an agreement was at best tentative, for each national group faced problems peculiar to itself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After lunch, when the dishes had been cleared away and we were talking about nothing in particular, Julian asked, out of the blue, if I’d noticed anything peculiar about Bunny recently. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I often thought how peculiar my life must look to someone reading those letters, far away. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Old filing cabinets divided the room into several small cubicles, in each of which was a desk painted with a peculiar orange varnish. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Confederates asked for their rendition under the terms of the Fugitive Slave Law, but they were informed by General Butler that “under the peculiar circumstances, he considered the fugitives ‘contraband’ of war.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky was a peculiar shade of gray. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The sharp-eyed workers noticed her quick stares and retaliated with their own peculiar brand of hazing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Most peculiar of all, the bound knight’s shield carried the three thistles and the chevron, with a red canton. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are probably more peculiar animals buried here than are currently alive in all of Europe,” Addison said, moving through the graves to reach one in particular, which he leaned on with his forepaws. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And then something peculiar happens: fingers lace with mine, and a palm presses to my palm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Miss Honey had never seen her looking so wide-eyed and peculiar before. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to see Abelman victorious; she would see in the victory some peculiar justification. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I had the notion that such a manner of rendering made for a sharper effect, a more pointed sense of the character, his peculiar type of being and consciousness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The organic phosphorus insecticides act on the living organism in a peculiar way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Although there was nothing markedly peculiar about her gait as she moved through the hall—she neither dallied nor quite hurried—she was nonetheless very peculiarly transformed as she moved. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I hardly know whether I had slept or not after this musing; at any rate, I started wide awake on hearing a vague murmur, peculiar and lugubrious, which sounded, I thought, just above me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Since he was usually self-destructing, this felt so peculiar. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Everyone had to wait for sufficient vacuum in the cyclotron tank,” recalled Henderson, whose own peculiar mode of relaxation was to play the bagpipes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Another oddity was my discovery, one afternoon, of a large copper pot bubbling on the back burner of the stove, a peculiar smell emanating from it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing peculiar about me. I’m the most average person you’ll ever meet.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z ‘Quit acting so peculiar,’ she said to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Haven’t any of you read about the punishment loops in your peculiar history books?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The peculiar reverence for O’Brien, which nothing seemed able to destroy, flooded Winston’s heart again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Our itchy, ill-fitting, peculiar sweaters weren’t fireproof or waterproof, as the emu-raffe had guessed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z For but a heartbeat he felt most peculiar, as if thick, black treacle were running through his veins in place of blood; then the shape of the world changed. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “He’s never faced anything as long as I’ve known him. He thinks anything peculiar or unpleasant will just go away if he turns on the radio and some little schnook starts singing.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Then we realized the peculiar thing was us.They were attracted to our family for the same reason people will pull over to watch a house afire or a car wreck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a major in Costume Design and as such had all kinds of peculiar clothing in her room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I only mean he’s a peculiar sort, isn’t he? Those frocks he wears? A bit much for Wimbledon.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It’s the peculiar archives, where all our official records are kept.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z For a start it was painted in an off-putting shade of green and a peculiar shade of pink. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “You are one peculiar guy, Mister...I don’t know your name.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Hugh dug something from his pocket and held it up: a peculiar chicken egg. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The dog took a long, satisfied puff and said, “Best of luck to you, peculiar children.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A week later, Lancelot and Uncle Dap were sitting in a peculiar boat in the middle of the English Channel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He did have big, powerful arms, which might have scared her had she not had the most peculiar thought: those arms would allow him to give some lucky girl excellent hugs if she wanted them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Staying here?” he said, looking at me in a peculiar way. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She had some idea of the difficulties that peculiar squadron had in finding and keeping pilots. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z These two are a peculiar pair—she circumspect and reserved, he bouncing on his toes, humming with energy. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She was the protector of marriage, and married women were her peculiar care. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, they talk to me,” Omakayas said, laughing a little at the memory of their peculiar, sleepy, stubborn looks at their mother, so like Pinch when he didn’t want to go to bed. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Mudd introduced Booth to a neighbor, who sold Booth a peculiar one-eyed horse. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I do, the effect is immediate and peculiar. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Laughing is a peculiar thing ’cause there’re lots of different kinds. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z After another moment’s silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might hate her for the same reason. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z In that moment, I felt something peculiar, a deep sense of recognition. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He turned away from the window and his gaze fell upon another peculiar object standing upon the cluttered, curved sideboard: a stone bust of a beautiful but austere-looking witch wearing a most bizarre-looking headdress. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It felt peculiar, having nothing on, and being outside. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z This peculiar linking-together of opposites—knowl-edge with ignorance, cynicism with fanaticism—is one of the chief distinguishing marks of Oceanic society. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Sorry,” said the peculiar young man, in a deep, deep voice, embarrassed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The “peculiar accomplishment” of Alfred Loomis, it would later be written, was “being a public figure without letting the public in on it.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Most peculiar. And you have no idea where he might be?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Buster Friendly said, “We may never know. Nor can we fathom the peculiar purpose behind this swindle. Yes, folks, swindle. Mercerism is a swindler!” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Yet if we start looking for the word ‘evidence’ being used by seventeenth-century scientists we discover something peculiar: they have the word, but they hardly ever use it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And then the very peculiar thing, in its own turn, caused a really fantastically peculiar thing to occur. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She had big ears, too, and the last few months a peculiar knot came on one side of her throat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But you could tell he wasn’t old—that was what gave the cracks their peculiar quality. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The peculiar pressure that it exerted on human beings between the Neolithic Age and the early twentieth century has disappeared and has been replaced by something quite different. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But when she popped open the clasps, nothing peculiar happened. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I could tell the river was receding from its rainy-season flood by its peculiar rank smell and all the driftwood stranded along its banks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And again I found something peculiar happening to my mind. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z This peculiar blend is what Barthes was referring to when he described facts as linguistic yet claiming to be copies of the real. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Everybody sounded so positive that I started to get a peculiar feeling about this trial. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Herbert had made a peculiar request the week before the execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It seems peculiar but we had to act like this so didn’t no one get spooked. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The eyelids were slightly droopy, which gave him a peculiar appearance, as if his eyes were popping out of his head and half-closed at the same time. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The well-known face was there: stern, relentless as ever—there was that peculiar eye which nothing could melt, and the somewhat raised, imperious, despotic eyebrow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z From the chair Millard replied, “I’m sorry, but it says right here in plain calligraphy: The Land of Serendip. The peculiar cartographers who made this were not in the business of making things up!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Klin, who bears a striking resemblance to the actor Martin Short, is half Israeli and half Brazilian, and he speaks with an understandably peculiar accent. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “You have a very peculiar future ahead of you,” she said. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z And the peculiar thing was, ’stead of attacking the colored ones, they was mingling right ’longside of ’em! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Whether public or private, accounting is a peculiar blend of facts and arbitrary procedures which usually require decoding. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they’ll recognize each other and communicate in their own peculiar way. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a peculiar name! Why do they call them Gobblers?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We knew without anyone having to say it that this was the lost herd of peculiar goats Addison had talked about. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Some were fencing terms, some were peculiar to London, some were the jargon of the players' trade. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Despite Smith’s peculiar appearance, Tisquantum and his fellows treated him well. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And a man who had a pair of binoculars to his eyes said, “They look pritt-ty peculiar to me, I’ll tell you that.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “And he was acting more peculiar than he normal do!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When I returned, Sophia looked peculiar—but she wouldn’t tell me until we left. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the peculiar status of the Fox Brothers baggage stock—whose numbers have been depleting all afternoon—I’ve seen for myself that they were fed and watered. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But since this town had grown up to serve the peculiar needs of the University, a careful observer could note small differences in the services the town provided. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The sight of him standing there, amid tangles of old flowers, is a peculiar juxtaposition. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “We have two. The peculiar archives is downstairs, you know.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z If they were alive, it was in a way peculiar to them alone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In ancient Greece, Pythagoras saw the peculiar behavior of waves that traveled up and down a plucked string—how certain notes were allowed and others were forbidden. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I remember one really peculiar case of this—a white girl who never missed a single night in the Savoy Ballroom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In Montaigne’s case this resulted in a peculiar emphasis on the subjectivity of what we know, its dependence on our personal experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was on the corner of the street that he noticed the first sign of something peculiar — a cat reading a map. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I think the statue was the reason Mother became a Catholic, so she could kneel down before her and not feel like she was doing anything peculiar. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, no one looked closely enough at the children from the first-class car of the eight-thirty train to notice anything peculiar about them at all. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “She said...she was surprised Harison lasted long enough for me to fetch her. I guess with wounds like that, most folks bleed out in a few minutes. She said it was mighty peculiar.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There was a peculiar silence at the other end of the phone. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Ten peculiar children and one peculiar bird were made to fit in just three stout rowboats, with much being jettisoned and left behind on the dock. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “The wights are convinced we peculiar children are docile and weak. Us coming after them is the last thing they’d expect.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But everything here seemed peculiar—this entire loop, with all its chaotic strangeness, was perfect camouflage for peculiars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She knew there was going to be trouble, she could always tell when it was coming, by the peculiar fluttering of her heart. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Peculiarness is determined by genes, not geography. But large portions of the peculiar world have simply not been explored.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Over the ashheaps the giant eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg kept their vigil but I perceived, after a moment, that other eyes were regarding us with peculiar intensity from less than twenty feet away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z His dark hair is all ruffled, and there’s a peculiar spot of dirt on the tip of his chin. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He said that he studied undergraduate work at some college in the West that doesn’t give grades, which I thought was peculiar, but Bill said it was the best education he ever got. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z For the Aristotelian philosophy of nature could not be adapted to incorporate this peculiar anomaly; if there could be such a thing as a new star, then the whole system was founded on false premises. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Shorter than the natives, oddly dressed, and often unbearably dirty, the pallid foreigners had peculiar blue eyes that peeped out of the masks of bristly, animal-like hair that encased their faces. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “None of these creatures are good. Not the way we think of good. None are safe. Much of morality is peculiar to mortality. The best creatures here are merely not evil.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It preaches a contempt for the working class unexampled for centuries past, and it dresses its members in a uniform which was at one time peculiar to manual workers and was adopted for that reason. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He says the business of throwing pebbles into bowls with the most pebbles winning an election—that was Belgium’s idea of fair play, but to people here it was peculiar. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, he continued to feel a peculiar uneasiness, which had fear mixed up in it as well as hostility, whenever she was anywhere near him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The Cloud-Men were all standing in a group, and they were doing something peculiar with their hands. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z As I say, this moment has remained firmly embedded in my mind, as has the memory of the peculiar sensation I felt rising within me as I stood there like that. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Every once in a while a creature’s tail, fin, or snout would surface as some peculiar behavior. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She handed him a beige raincoat and a peculiar round black woolly hat. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The Messengers, though—there were four in the class, wearing their snappy white tunics and blue sashes—were indulging in a peculiar habit Reynie had noticed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He simply floats by them with peculiar disinterest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Newton acquired a mass of material intended to establish this peculiar thesis. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They were standing in the most peculiar kitchen Harry had ever seen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And there was something peculiar about his eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z They were ragged and worn and smelled peculiar, with a lingering, dank odor, part old sweat and part something else Hannah did not even want to guess at. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Embracing a continuity and interconnectedness that excluded no one seemed like another of Farmer’s peculiar liberties. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Around nightfall we arrived at a very peculiar village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z There are fountains up and down this roadway now, and squared-off beds of flowers, and new, peculiar statues. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The lady watched him, still smiling, and then, catching Lyd- die’s eye, smiled even more broadly, as though to imply that Lyddie was a comrade in some peculiar way. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “What in the world are those girls about now?” thought Laurie, opening his sleepy eyes to take a good look, for there was something rather peculiar in the appearance of his neighbors. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to be a jíbara more than anything in the world, but Mami said I couldn’t because I was born in the city, where jíbaros were mocked for their unsophisticated customs and peculiar dialect. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was a peculiar, cracked, braying, jeering note; in his mind Winston called it a yellow note. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Each plantation hath thus strummed and beat out its own peculiar suites, its own lively airs, its customs negotiated through use. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As if a peculiar and malign abstractness pervaded their mental processes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He spoke of her often and with a peculiar pride. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a peculiar servant, and had no specific duties within the domestic hierarchy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But eventually he realizes that he is viewing Flatland from a peculiar vantage point: “above.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I was the only peculiar left!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He sounded so surprised that I looked ’round the clearing expecting something peculiar to be going on. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z At the end of a few minutes he inquired in rather a peculiar tone— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There was a goat, too, with very long horns and deep black eyes; an orphan from a herd of peculiar goats who once roamed the forest below. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The Platonists and their Christian successors held the peculiar notion that the Earth was tainted and somehow nasty, while the heavens were perfect and divine. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At about this point I began to feel peculiar. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Uncertain and sensitive himself, he had forgotten about the way in which their peculiar relationship had started. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Next, if you wanted some peculiar person to ride by, there might have come a crusader who had promised to deliver the grave of God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve testified to having applied pressure to the deceased’s chest and that shortly thereafter a peculiar foam appeared at his mouth and nostrils.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I practiced walking with the peculiar little hop of the morenas, but felt as if I were limping. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Rather, the significance and status of experimental knowledge underwent a peculiar transformation in the course of the seventeenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She said, “You sure do talk peculiar. Where you born? You from this here town?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It struck me as peculiar that the crack trade was flourishing openly perhaps a hundred yards from one of the most famous maximum-security prisons in the world. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some of these ‘oddities’ might be peculiar,” said Millard, “in which case they might know something about Miss Wren. I say it’s worth the price of admission.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “She was in the peculiar position of being involved in all this but not within the circus itself,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I wrote about the peculiar children and the hollows and how all of Grandpa Portman’s stories had turned out to be true. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think bout the apples and the dogs, sometimes I don’t Look like to me only a fool would want you to talk in a way that feel peculiar to your mind. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a preacher, he pontificates his own peculiar brand of wisdom. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But Diderot’s peculiar chapter also serves as a warning: with its dream framing, its monsters and its allegories, its linguistic slipperiness, it conveys a sense of difficulty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is only, as we have seen, with Pascal that this peculiar, idiosyncratic culture began to become widely adopted and generally respected. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even though I was outdoors, I felt a peculiar confinement. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We thought there must be something peculiar, such as a baboon, on our roof. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he took a peculiar half step, moving from shade into bright sunlight, and the booby-trapped 105 round blew him into a tree. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All the time he had been planning the journey, there had been a peculiar feeling about it, he couldn't believe it would really happen. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “This wight worked as an oral surgeon. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that the skull he’s posing with belonged to one of his peculiar victims.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He opened his eyes, frowned, but kept his peculiar stance. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The outcome of a revolution is, he argues, culturally relative, contingent, peculiar; but it leads to a period of stability during which progress is the norm. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Within its vegetative rods there are formed, along with spores, peculiar crystals composed of a protein substance highly toxic to certain insects, especially to the larvae of the mothlike lepidopteras. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I could hear his peculiar limping progress all the way down the stairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He would then say, with a peculiar smile, more solemn than cheerful— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “That’s what happens when you try and make an omelet from a peculiar chicken egg!” said Millard, out of breath and laughing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “How peculiar. Never met a Black girl who gets her hair wet on purpose.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Funny how I didn’t think any of this was peculiar at the time, when it was behaviour with “Proto Stickler” written all over it. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Recognizing both science’s limitations and its strengths requires a peculiar mixture of scepticism and confidence; relativists overdo the scepticism and realists overdo the confidence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then she was standing before me, and suddenly the atmosphere underwent a peculiar change - almost as though the two of us had been suddenly thrust on to some other plane of being altogether. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Harry had the most peculiar feeling that only he and Hagrid could see it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I knew there was something peculiar about you,” she said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The result was a peculiar distortion of the field. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I mention all of this because as soon as the bus started out of the car park, the wind coming through the open windows of the bus caused a peculiar warp in the sound. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “How did we all get to be peculiar in the first place?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was peculiar to see the church all lit up from candles on a Thursday night. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z People in the lane say that’s a peculiar way for a dog to behave but then what would you expect from a dog of the McCourts. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I had peculiar thoughts weighing on me that I badly needed to tell him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “But how could they have known I was peculiar? I didn’t even know!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Quite peculiar considering my parents never took to water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “He was acting so peculiar ’cause of what he was planning on doing here at school today!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The danger lies in the increase in nitrates, for the peculiar physiology of the ruminant at once poses a critical problem. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Besides, anybody who started for church at nine in the morning on Sunday and didn’t get home until after twelve thirty had to be peculiar. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z But it was too early in the evening for programs that allowed people with peculiar opinions to speak out. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it’s hard to pronounce, foreign, unlovely to those who don’t understand—a peculiar jumble of unmatched consonants. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They not only spoke Japanese exclusively, they spoke a dialect peculiar to Kyushu, where their families had come from in Japan, a rough, fisherman’s language, full of oaths and insults. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, after rather than before the control program was launched, some research into the peculiar nature of heptachlor was done. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It’s a very scary thing, manifesting without understanding what’s happening to you, though it’s a fright nearly all peculiar children experience because so few of us are born to peculiar parents.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Whatever happened, she simply must play along with this peculiar giant and smile at his jokes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At Berkeley, Oppenheimer displayed the peculiar combination of personal charm and intellectual magnetism that would make him so effective a leader of the atomic bomb program at Los Alamos. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He remembered that he had once had the peculiar thought that if he were to be eaten by a beast, he would spare a prayer for it, too. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It gave her a peculiar feeling of warm and expectant well-being to know that so many naked boys and men were idling close by on the other side of the sand dunes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I certainly felt peculiar when she did that. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z A girl whose parents didn’t allow her to have friends—how peculiar, how bizarre, how weird. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But now I looked back of them and felt the pinch and pressure of the environment that gave them their pitch and peculiar kind of being. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z So it must have simply astonished the dons of Oxford to hear this peculiar Italian, as he dipped and dodged, chucked and chirred, defending Copernicanism as the literal truth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "Tell me what has happened to you that is so peculiar." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z When she thought of him this way, she was overtaken with guilt, but also with a peculiar, warm sensation that spread upward from her belly until it felt as if her face were glowing pink. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The peculiar feature of his peep-show construction, that the viewer is looking at himself as well as at the painting, simply recapitulates this earlier tension. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Now, with the passing of the woman who lived there longest and loved him best, the house was feeling a peculiar sense of loss. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z No one said anything, and even though I thought I had gotten quite used to silence, this one had a peculiar ache. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The activists made a peculiar claim for these classes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As peculiar as the practice is, the U.S. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As I washed my ankle I thought it was a most peculiar wound, and puzzling. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Hundreds or thousands more stood atop the bluffs on the south bank, waving palm leaves in synchrony to create a kind of football wave that Carvajal clearly found peculiar and unnerving. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “To quote a famous peculiar: ‘At the heart of nature’s mystery lies another mystery.’” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “If they used to be peculiar, don’t they know all your hiding places?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She knew she was different, she said, but had never heard the term peculiar. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As he handled the fruits there was something very peculiar in the fellow’s face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She was looking up at me and smiling in the most peculiar way. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Devine said, “Wouldn’t you classify this as some kind of peculiar death threat?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the secret parts of his peculiar brain, those unhappy and inextricable tangles which he felt at the roots, the boy was disabled by something which we cannot explain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman's niece and another little girl came out instead and saw the peculiar package. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A peculiar slumped in a corner beneath a slash of bullet holes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z English visitors did not find this arrangement peculiar; chimneys were just coming into use in Britain, and most homes there, including those of the wealthy, were still heated by fires beneath central roof holes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I thought it was going just fine until a peculiar look crossed the mother’s face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Consider, Your Honor, the peculiar position of this boy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Gay came into the kitchen with a peculiar expression on her face. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The way he said it made me afraid he thought it was peculiar. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Then I could be sure of you. I don’t know; you seem so peculiar and hard and strange.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z You are, as they say, stuck with it and have leisure to feel all its peculiar irritations and discomforts. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The ones who did, who accepted her invitations to tea and envied the doctor’s big dark house of twelve rooms and the green sedan, called him “peculiar.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Five nights a week, six hours a day, for the next four months—and, fortunately, never again—I made my living by exhibiting the peculiar way I am formed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Everyone, Gypsy and peculiar, watched as the lights passed the turnoff to our clearing—then slowed, then came back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z On ambush, or other night missions, they carried peculiar little odds and ends. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The explanation of this peculiar behavior sometimes appears to lie in the changes which the chemical brings about in the metabolism of the plant itself. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “A peculiar’s sole is the door to his soul,” he said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z So the three of us formed a kind of family, as much as our peculiar situation would allow. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A peculiar madness was seizing the press box and dockers’ stand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Ben, who drew cartoons all day long, and a peculiar English teacher named Mr. Birkway. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “This has been an odd morning indeed. Most peculiar. I’ll tell you about it on the way.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The tense atmosphere had slowly subsided into a casual conversation; I guessed that Jasper was using his peculiar gift to control the situation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z These various meanings of ‘hypothesis’ serve to explain its peculiar distribution through seventeenth-century texts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Really?” said Harry, who had long since decided not to challenge Luna or her father’s peculiar views. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was also mighty peculiar ’cause there waren’t none of the regular church sounds coming out of the place. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It is precisely this quality that makes facts the raw material of science, for science, too, is a peculiar amalgam of the real and the cultural. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Only later did the furnace man recognize that the kiln’s peculiar shape and extreme heat made it ideal for another, very different application. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “What a pitiful waste of a peculiar life.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Tortured until they forgot how to be peculiar!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps his presence gave the evening its peculiar quality of oppressiveness--it stands out in my memory from Gatsby's other parties that summer. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It was an accident, he was never the same after, and you must remember that people dropped on their heads can be a bit peculiar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Jules, is there anything peculiar about the contents of this crate?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But Mobutu was just getting organized in ’61, and still given to peculiar omissions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A biologically sound zoo enclosure—whether cage, pit, moated island, corral, terrarium, aviary or aquarium—is just another territory, peculiar only in its size and in its proximity to human territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Remembering Emma’s stories of performing in traveling sideshows with Miss Peregrine and the others, I turned to her and asked, “Are they peculiar?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Dill had a peculiar genius, honed over his years of friendship with Lydia, at turning any band into a Christian band on the spot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The peculiar charm of this idea—called preformation—was that it was infinitely recursive. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They had kidnapped her, right out of the middle of her very own wood, and now she would be expected to sleep —all night—in this dirty, peculiar house. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been having a very peculiar dream ever since I learned you were wounded,” confessed the chaplain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Lyddie didn’t care one way or the other about the neighbors’ radical ideas and peculiar ways, she minded mightily being beholden. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Of course it’s true. What’s so peculiar about that? You ought to see where my cousins the crickets and the katydids keep theirs.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z "She did not ill-use me. Indeed, I do not believe that she ever knew that I was there at all. Is that not peculiar?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z That was just as peculiar as a whole lot of the things the Preacher did that night. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I could not record what she sang; there was no notation for it, all the peculiar...” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Yes, she is a bit peculiar, but you’ll get along with her all right. She has some really wonderful books.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When I said the name of the band, he smiled crookedly, a peculiar expression in his eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The word itself had lost little of its power to startle and had, due to my ignorance of the physical place it occupied on the globe, assumed a peculiar life of its own. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He quickly discovered that strings have a peculiar, yet predictable, behavior. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It shouldn’t have surprised me that peculiar children have peculiar eating habits, but between forkfuls of food I found myself sneaking glances around the room. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The Civil War was being fought in the hopes of keeping the Union together and upholding the Constitution—not for the abolition of what Southerners liked to call “the peculiar institution.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z But many years later one writer noticed something peculiar about that first bus ride. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Seems to me I’ve been by the Hattie Brooks place a time or two and heard a most peculiar sound,” he said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The problem with the realists is that they assume there is nothing peculiar about the method and structure of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The peculiar institution made Cora into a maker of lists as well. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I’m tempted to say that Thursday evening was peculiar, or perhaps macabre, but the fact is, I have no bill-filling adjectives for Thursday evening. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z In those days, if you had been interested by peculiar things, perhaps you would have had the luck to notice a knight-in-armour riding past the window. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, the chinchillas came down with a disease peculiar to rats, and they were all dead within two weeks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, while magpies jabbered like a bunch of excited monkeys in the branches overhead, and with two sparrowhawks quiet on the telephone lines across by the highway, Joe fell into a peculiar reverie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Natalians are noted for their loyalty to their region, and these peculiar bonds of attachment can sometimes even transcend color. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon’s the door shut after her, Sidney Prince whispered, “I wonder what’s wrong. This here’s real peculiar.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z All because I’d let myself feel something for one peculiar girl. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I used to spend a lot of time thinking about a peculiar thing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A peculiar pocket of stillness in the middle of all that color and bustle. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t dare step out because of her arthritis, but it was clear that our peculiar behavior was disturbing to her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The discovery enterprise is no more universal than cricket or baseball or soccer; it is peculiar to the post-Columbus world, and it can only survive within a society which fosters competition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I would never find someone who would understand my peculiar mix of Catholicism and agnosticism, Hispanic and American styles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Certain chemicals, again reminding us of radiation products like Strontium 90, have a peculiar affinity for the bone marrow. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “You’re every bit as peculiar as he was—and as brave, too.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When Bronwyn reached the bottom, she opened her trunk and handed out the peculiar sheep’s wool sweaters we’d been given in the menagerie. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I thought Olive, who was small and quick, or Hugh, with his peculiar connection to another sort of winged creature, might have some luck, but both were humiliated. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Though in a sense the choice had been made already, when I agreed to sail into the unknown with these peculiar children. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They were staring in horror at the professor who, as far as they could see, was quacking away to himself while creeping along the ground in a most peculiar way. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Joining the peculiar children would also mean I wouldn’t finish high school or go to college or do any of the normal growing-up things people do. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z That shadow would marry this shadow, and the peculiar, yellowish soil of our locality seal the wound in the whiteness, and yet another snowfall erase the traces of newness in Joan's grave. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Something was peculiar about the perspective here, she thought. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought of the red thing—the red thing that hadn’t actually been red and was clearly just a jumping fish—and then she heard a peculiar, rhythmic thumping. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Such was the power of an ymbryne over peculiar children: the very presence of one—even one we’d only just met—had an immediate pacifying effect on us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Powell said wearily, “Cut it, Mike. There’s a peculiar overripe flavor to your humor at its freshest, and the confined atmosphere here isn’t helping it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Look like to me only a fool would want you to talk in a way that feel peculiar to your mind. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Astronomy, though, was a peculiar discipline because it accepted unquestioningly the Aristotelian distinction between the sublunary and supralunary worlds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z History is a cumulative record of success and failure, and the pretense that it can be something other than that is a peculiar shibboleth of historical writing over the last fifty years. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “So tell me about this peculiar army of yours,” Emma said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It’s our current exclusivity, not that multi-species past, that is peculiar—and perhaps incriminating. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I must have looked like a child throwing a peculiar, slow-motion tantrum. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In some peculiar way he seemed to be getting into his stride. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z His quality of detachment was peculiar to himself, and I knew that we might continue thus, without speaking, throughout the meal and it would not matter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And, in dubious addition to them, occasional peculiar entities remained in the virtually abandoned suburbs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He closed his mouth and gritted his teeth; the peculiar paralyzing numbness was leaving. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Every day, he lingered by the rails to watch Seabiscuit’s peculiar regimens, following his movements without comment, then returned to War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all quite peculiar; Penelope did not know what to make of it. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I cannot imagine the peculiar Circumstances of his Life, & I fear to wonder at it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "It made you feel pretty peculiar, didn't it?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z His eyes had a peculiar expression, as if he were begging. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was astonishing what a peculiar and uncomfortable state of things was produced by the ‘resting and reveling’ process. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The tall man slid gracefully from his garron, removed his peculiar hat, and bowed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The door was locked, which was mighty peculiar ’cause it couldn’t’ve been much past four o’clock. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Hermod looked across the hall, and he saw a woman of peculiar beauty. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I’d never seen Horace’s peculiar talent in action until, one evening, he began to scream. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z At the last word there was a peculiar grinding noise from above. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He asked in a peculiar accent: “Who are you, and why have you crossed over into our lands?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As I walked to his side, I felt a peculiar sense of release. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He was looking very peculiar in a large purple turban. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As they argued, a most peculiar little figure stepped nimbly from behind the sign and approached them, talking all the while. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Who is your peculiar friend?” asked the bard, sitting up and looking curiously at this new arrival. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z As I began to be recognized more around the town, I started to become aware of the peculiar attitude of white people toward me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He began speaking with the peculiar grave courtesy that differentiated him from the majority of Inner Party members. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z While two soldiers with rifles covered us, a third went from peculiar to peculiar, rooting through our pockets. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Ah, right, the story. It’s just that, I’m afraid—a story, inspired long ago by that curious rock down below and Miss Wren’s peculiar menagerie.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But then, what hadn't been peculiar about this whole affair? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Bilbo was very rich and very peculiar, and had been the wonder of the Shire for sixty years, ever since his remarkable disappearance and unexpected return. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “But our numbers are not a fraction of what they were. We have fallen into near extinction. Do any of you know what became of the peculiar animals that once roamed the world?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And what a terrible peculiar sight she was! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Her message was clear: not only was Horace’s pigeon not peculiar, none of them were. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Within a few days the State submitted a peculiar pleading to the Court of Criminal Appeals. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z All three of these names are peculiar; none of the girls at school have names like that. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought later how peculiar it was that here was probably the biggest thing in his life, and he had shrugged it off as nothing. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She was about to get up and give herself a rigorous cleaning when she noticed a peculiar twig. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He said this, in his peculiar, subdued, yet emphatic voice; looking, when he had ceased speaking, not at me, but at the setting sun, at which I looked too. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z From one point of view, the knowledge we end up with seems to be culturally relative, contingent, peculiar; from another it seems to be commonsensical, predictable, inevitable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Fletcher had never warmed to that branch of the family, nor they to him, owing to his peculiar temperament. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A great deal of mystery surrounds the origin of this peculiar custom, or ‘art’ as the Hobbits preferred to call it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Of course, he had acted sort of peculiar about it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Returning to the campfire, we found nearly everyone, peculiar and Gypsy alike, gathered around Horace. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “I knew you were peculiar the second I saw you,” said the folding man. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He became a little anxious and, as he returned across the field with Cowslip, did his best to explain something of Fiver’s peculiar temperament. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Another thing that caused a stir among teachers and students was my peculiar way of writing: I wrote upside down, literally. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He also harbored a peculiar ardor for the inner rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The gene, Schrödinger posited, had to be made of a peculiar kind of chemical; it had to be a molecule of contradictions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She looked at him in a deranged, peculiar way; in all his years with her he had never seen her like this. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He was alone, which I thought peculiar, because I had assumed that there would be someone beside him at all times feeding him information and strategy and advice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Each day, she seemed to drift further away, to become more insubstantial; it was as if she had the same peculiar wasting illness that had consumed Minnie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Like Mollie, he was struck by the peculiar vagueness of Lizzie’s sickness; no doctor had ever pinpointed what was causing it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “How can any of you depend on me? If I’m really peculiar then it’s just a little bit, I think. Like I’m a quarter peculiar and the rest of you guys are full-blooded.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When the laughter had died down, I pulled Emma aside and whispered, “What exactly is it that makes Horace peculiar—aside from his clothes, I mean?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When I heard him answer questions on the television shows coming out of Charleston and Huntington, he sounded nasal, with a strange, peculiar accent that wasn’t even standard Yankee. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “But I look so peculiar,” she said, tugging at the neckline. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Come on, tell about when you found out you were peculiar!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Outside, it was cool and still, the sky that hazy shade of white peculiar to autumn mornings, and the wicker chairs were drenched with dew. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Lancelot,” said the Queen in a peculiar voice, “has never forgotten.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “London is vast, and there’s no lost and found here for peculiar children.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But that wasn’t all I felt looking at those peculiar frogs that day. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He hesitated for a moment, and a peculiar tone entered his voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Then I actually experienced my peculiar ability coming to life. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And in that way, it was one last thing that the island had done to save its peculiar children. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z By itself, there was nothing peculiar about the request. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Slowly, at the camp high school, I'm learning about where I come from, the peculiar yesterdays of my people. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I could see the ribbon of crushed grass all the way back to the figure of Atlas, who looked peculiar, bent under the weight of absolutely nothing. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z As the partners worked together on each adaptation, Welles taught him the techniques peculiar to radio. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Joe, did—did she do anything—well, peculiar—that day in court?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He shuts the hall door, locks it, puts the key in his pocket and I think, Aren’t Englishmen very peculiar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I must say that it is curious that so many of these men who subscribed wholeheartedly to the peculiar institution are turning shambler. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “How can we tell if it’s peculiar?” he said, flipping the bird over to inspect its bottom, as if expecting to find a label there. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And now, quite slowly, there began to creep over Matilda a most extraordinary and peculiar feeling. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z They tore up the new Cordimas kids from Greece just on account of having peculiar names. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a peculiar hilarity in Longstreet’s breast, the mulish foolish hungry feeling you get just before an assault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Something peculiar is about to happen any moment. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Belief could be sustained only if a peculiar authority was granted to obscure books, or better still ancient manuscripts newly discovered in locked chests. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He pronounced them with the Castilian th sound, that is, with a lisp, an affectation peculiar to many of the Miracle Valley’s old-timers, whereas it could not be found farther south in Mexico. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned, and he was looking at me with a peculiar expression in his eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Each felt that peculiar chill that comes from getting up in the early morning. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe to you. To me, it’s the heart of the whole peculiar world.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A most peculiar smell that set my eyes a-stinging followed behind him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z There’s a peculiar, wishful kind of grammar for talking about things that are desirable, as opposed to things as they really are. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell you why; magic is a peculiar thing, as are the things it touches. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And the sounds, which started out peculiar and interesting, soon turned into being the sort of confusion that made you want to clamp your hands ’crost your ears. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It is clear, nonetheless, from these legends, and from the evidence of their peculiar words and customs, that like many other folk Hobbits had in the distant past moved westward. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He looked so peculiar that several people commented on it solicitously when the song was done. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I look up, and the peculiar impression of faces I'd gotten when I first walked in resolves itself. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The arrangement with Teller, York reflected, was “peculiar,” but it did the job: “None of the strained relationships that had surrounded Teller at Los Alamos developed at Livermore.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A peculiar noise, more like a chicken cackle than anything else, came from the end of the table. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The one we’d lost was impressive enough, though I’d seen it opened only once, at night, by the skittish orange firelight of the burning home for peculiar children. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Ruth was too big to carry, plus the pastor knew about her peculiar manner of being, so it was the wagon for her and the road for me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The strangeness of her daddy’s appearance and the late hour conspired to sink a peculiar anxiousness into Ophie’s bones. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I didn’t know it then, but that face belonged to Phoebe Winterbottom, a girl who had a powerful imagination, who would become my friend, and who would have many peculiar things happen to her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Then the first Saturday of October came, and we were herded together for our communal birthday, in a peculiar mood both celebratory and sullen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He set the sack on the porch and it made a peculiar thud sound. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Their shade of blue is peculiar, so dark it is almost black, with a small patch of lighter blue on the left iris, right next to the corner of his eye. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “You have a most peculiar way of talking sometimes,” said Bernard, staring at the young man in perplexed astonishment. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And so the legend goes, that he was a good man, peculiar, and not very good at explaining stories clearly. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was at this point that the first thing of all, the rather peculiar thing that led to so many other much more peculiar things, happened to him. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He had seen me several times and had intended to call on me long before but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it--signed Jay Gatsby in a majestic hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z There was a dead silence while the electric clock chimed eleven times, and then the robopsychologist said, “Very peculiar,” and the corners of her lips moved downward. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z After James Henry Trotter had been living with his aunts for three whole years there came a morning when something rather peculiar happened to him. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Down the trail, out of the darkness of the bush and into the light of the slanting bars of sunlight, joggling along with his peculiar nautical roll, came—Ch. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith and Cowell realize that this further sense of ‘evidence’ is peculiar to English. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “My God,” said the girl, “you are peculiar.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In that moment, in that touch, he felt as though something was radiating from her to him, that same peculiar thrum so strong it rattled his teeth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The only trouble was that Milo had never heard of any of the places it indicated, and even the names sounded most peculiar. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z There were two main horrors to which it was subject, the first of which was toe horror peculiar to all balls of string—that they invariably became tangles instead of balk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And from the peculiar little noise coming through the partition, I realized he was crying. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Then the projector showed a peculiar image, of a man in a faded hat and overcoat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The letter went on to describe their five cats—one had only three legs, and they all had peculiar names. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Is this aunt as peculiar as the others?” was all she said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He himself was now sensing something peculiar—a kind of luminosity—in the air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It did seem peculiar, but still—“Well, May Belle said .. “May Belle? Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “That was a peculiar poem he read, wasn’t it? I would have suggested something from the Phaedo.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Phenomena are too subjective: they are appearances, not realities; things and particulars are too much in the real world: none of them corresponds to that peculiar blend of reality and thought which is the fact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She watched him steadily out the window, smiling her peculiar downturned smile, and made satisfied clicks with her tongue against her teeth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Which was peculiar ’cause when you studied Ma’s face real good you saw waren’t no scar nor whelp nor mark of any kind. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Every night, when the married couple retired to their rooms, she was overwhelmed by a peculiar hatred she could not explain, which filled her soul with regret. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “All the peculiar children they kidnapped over the years . . . this is what they were doing to them? I figured they just became hollowgast food. But this . . . this is leagues more evil.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “But only on trial he stays. At the first sign of the cricketer friends, or if we come down with peculiar diseases—out he goes!” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day that Phoebe and I met the potential lunatic and then went over to Mary Lou’s, a couple other peculiar things happened. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Emma allowed that this was at least marginally peculiar, since the ability to enchant snakes was something only syndrigasti could do. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Stabbed it through the eyes with a pair of sheep shears! When’s the last time you heard of a peculiar so young doing anything like that?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Brother Worbs is a peculiar old man, full of opinions, and everything he thinks he says in a loud voice. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Perspective painting generally involves a peculiar form of abstraction: the construction of a vanishing point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Falling asleep, my thoughts drifted to the peculiar children and the first question they’d asked after Miss Peregrine had introduced me: Is Jacob going to stay with us? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Just before we reached it, Addison said, “May I introduce you to the finest peculiar animals who ever lived!” and the trees parted to reveal a small graveyard filled with neat rows of white headstones. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I cannot exaggerate the enhanced disquiet into which this conversation threw me, or the special and peculiar terror I felt at Compeyson’s having been behind me “like a ghost.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z A peculiar and heart-rending gasp of final sorrow came from the Laughing Man. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Then a doctoral student, he had learned of the region’s peculiar landscape during an earlier stint as a cub reporter in Peru and thought it might make an interesting topic for his thesis. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His method of tidying was peculiar: he simply swallowed all the flies and spiders in the boxes before I could stop him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z An unnecessary remark, I suppose, as we both watched the peculiar insect struggling in his hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z From the point of view of a conventional seventeenth-century philosopher, this was a peculiar sort of explanation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On the contrary, as if there were no obstacle and with a peculiar noise, he now drove Gregor forwards. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma had flung open every window, but there was a peculiar smell in the room. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The woman, who was an inch or so shorter than she was, looked up into Gilly’s face with a sort of peculiar expression, whether frightened or hungry, Gilly couldn’t have said. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I knew the wights had killed people—killed peculiar children, Miss Avocet had said—but the brutality of shooting these animals seemed to exceed even that evil. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Ben tripped over the curb, and Mary Lou gave me a peculiar look. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Pausing outside with one hand on the knob, I heard distinctly from within the peculiar huffing noise of Bunny’s snores. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Bill, his favorite, was a big, silent man who was considered “peculiar” in the neighborhood. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Gawaine, who now remembered all his adoration for their peculiar mother—an adoration which the queen-witch had wished on each of her sons —rode to the King’s court in gloomy penitence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is very peculiar, but she said that a friend of hers—a girl named Rika Thalheim—saw Bunny standing around outside the First Vermont Bank this afternoon.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z These peculiar and at first perplexing predictions of special relativity are true in the deepest sense that anything in science is true. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Their kids ran around and flopped on the chairs and played with stuff, giving no indication they thought it peculiar to reside on a body of water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you said they weren’t peculiar,” I whispered to Emma. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t know he was on a flatcar, didn’t even know there was anything peculiar about his situation. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Friends find it peculiar that I still go to mass; most have heard me complain about liturgical changes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A small man with round glasses, big cheeks, and a ring of thin brown-gray hair was looking at her as if she were doing something very peculiar. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He, too, was evidently affected by the peculiar smell of prosperity, for he paused as though in uncertainty. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z How, though, are we to explain the peculiar fact that della Porta both believes in and rejects the garlic/magnet antipathy? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The long summer vacation—a peculiar and distinctive American legacy that has had profound consequences for the learning patterns of the students of the present day. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Henry was so peculiar, it was hard to imagine him being from anyplace. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This book seeks to remedy this peculiar lapse. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was warm and gave off that peculiar odor I’d smelled coming in. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z About the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning and how Sir Francis Bacon of the peculiar name got it right. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “What the? The homeless shelter, the garden, these are some, uh”—he searched for the right word—“peculiar dates y’all going on.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And then she asked all the neighbors to do something rather peculiar. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z "There's something very peculiar about all this," she said. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z And in the dream there was a peculiar horror in wandering on and on through the crowd and not knowing where to lay down the burden he had carried in his arms so long. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z This emphasis on grounding faith in indisputable matter of fact was not peculiar to the Protestant world, and has its origins before the new language of facts had established itself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "The second one was very peculiar," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Racetrackers in that era had a peculiar animosity for given names. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Millard was eating next to me, and I turned to him and asked, “Before this, had you ever heard of peculiar animals?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “It isn’t the duty of peculiar children to worry for the welfare of ymbrynes—it’s ours to worry for yours.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Molly does have to admit, as peculiar as it is, she likes putting things in order. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Locked doors at noon seemed a little peculiar. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Well, there are some pretty strange people—not strange, really—they just have peculiar ways of expressing themselves, y’know what I mean? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something peculiar in Old Tallow’s look. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z One after another, the peculiar children came out of the audience and took the stage, each with an act of their own. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Ah, yes. Our three pioneers. Their sacrifice was necessary— all for the sake of progress, my dears. What we’re trying to do is advance the peculiar species, you see.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Bekhir led the pack, his peculiar boy riding with him in the saddle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z "This has to be the most peculiar jihad ever." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z This is Mississippi's peculiar way of making Negroes "happy and contented" with the democratic processes and of showing the world how well they care for the Negro in respecting his rights as an American citizen. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The parks is nice but the people’s too peculiar and on edge for my tastes.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z But it meant that the fact had a peculiar status in English law: once determined, it could never be disputed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It sounded peculiar at first, but if you started thinking like you didn’t have no common sense atall it seemed like Cooter’d put it all together real good! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "This is certainly a peculiar time to call a person up, though. Jesus Christ." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z We followed Mom with our bags over our shoulders, rolling our eyes when we passed people to show we agreed with them: The lady with the bag on her head looked pretty peculiar. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The peculiar young man hesitated, then commenced to hum once more, his voice as deep and reverberant as before. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I found this peculiar and demoralizing, and I realized I had to look for another opportunity to be heard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The peculiar thing was that even though he was having a powerful hard time talking, he didn’t sound atall like hisself. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, at the home for peculiar children, Miss Peregrine instituted a near-lockdown. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z What are we to make, then, of the peculiar story of the almost silent demise of the two-spheres theory? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There was a peculiar floating sensation coming over him, as though he were floating up in the air like a balloon. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The peculiar feature of the mutants, he discovered, was that the essential plan of macroscopic structures was often maintained—only the segment switched its position or identity in the body of the fly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “We’re on a dangerous mission to save our ymbryne, and in no position to play babysitter to a clueless new peculiar!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z This is not a conflict peculiar to this country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Took family was still, indeed, accorded a special respect, for it remained both numerous and exceedingly wealthy, and was liable to produce in every generation strong characters of peculiar habits and even adventurous temperament. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Every peculiar had struggled through a period of painful uncertainty. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But it was the best of times for science in that this very peculiar tumor gave rise to the HeLa cell line. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They swarmed under my skin and gave off peculiar vibrations. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As time went on he lost weight, suffered extreme fatigue, and experienced a peculiar muscular weakness, a characteristic effect of malathion. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The names, though peculiar, were the easiest because she remembered them well from Betsy’s reading. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Mia had, since starting to work at the Richardsons’, noted the peculiar dynamic between Izzy and the rest of her family, especially her mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This family was especially marked, even among the other remarkable mythological families, by the very peculiar happenings which visited its members. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But most of the folk of the old Shire regarded the Bucklanders as peculiar, half foreigners as it were. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Seated in the Negro gallery amongst other servants, Indians, and white boys banished for whispering and tricks, she appeared no different, no more peculiar in her circumstances, than any lady’s maid. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In Martin’s recollection, his father, Donald, had never expressed an opinion about the peculiar institution, although their family was rare in their circle in not owning slaves. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Horizontal, soundless except for a peculiar boom, tangible, infinite, the astounding dimensional weight of it streamed across the mud. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t leave yet, not with so much more to learn about the peculiar children. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She has a peculiar way of looking at most things, but every once in the while she makes sense. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Perhaps he was an orphan, perhaps he had been thrown out of his home by his mother, as his eyes were somewhat crossed and looked a little peculiar. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt a peculiar sensation on her face, and it wasn’t until she touched her own cheeks that she realized they were wet with tears. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z On a brisk spring evening not long ago, two dozen men and women gathered in the back room of a Manhattan bar to engage in a peculiar ritual known as speed-dating. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The Muses had no instrument peculiar to them, but their voices were lovely beyond compare. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The leader and his wife have a peculiar son,” said Emma. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The purple had faded out of her hair, but it was still a right peculiar shade of red. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His lips folded upon the glass in a peculiar way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She had this peculiar smell like a baby that had done something in its pants. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Or was it peculiar to his peculiar biological identity, a freak generated by his inept sensory apparatus? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I have known my share of peculiar, difficult, nervous, grabby people, but I’ve never encountered any genuinely, consistently detestable human beings in all my life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Bronwyn said, “I believe in you, Jacob. I haven’t known you too long, but I feel I know your heart, and it’s a strong, true thing—a peculiar heart—and I trust you.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z With Judge Robert E. Lee Key's peculiar comments still running through my head, I went through the mound of records until I found the transcripts from Walter McMillian's trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He had always had his own peculiar sense of humor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But I knew what he made me feel, how I was drawn toward his peculiar authority, how his smile promised to take the burden of my life off my shoulders. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z It was just so peculiar, she couldn’t resist spying. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Abe had a rare and peculiar talent, something almost no one else could do.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Nothing peculiar about her family antecedents, is there?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure why I was struck by these peculiar details. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Oh, just my mother and father and uncle sitting around, talking. It's like being a pedestrian, only rarer. My uncle was arrested another time-did I tell you?-for being a pedestrian. Oh, we're most peculiar.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no explicable way she knew it, but she sensed this woman was the leader of this peculiar group, its matriarch. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And we cannot opt simply to ignore the distinction between good and bad science, because if we do we will miss one of science’s peculiar characteristics, that it makes progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Sure enough, after some peculiar grunts and much curling and uncurling, the hedgehog opened his eyes and looked about. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Many wore tokars, that peculiar garment beloved by the old blood of Slaver’s Bay, as elegant as it was impractical. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even so, most locals were oblivious to how they and their colleagues spent their days; and to be frank, they found them more than a little peculiar. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The farther they rode into the Wood, the more she noticed that there was a peculiar awareness to this place. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It calls to me too sometimes. I couldn’t tell you why, magic is a peculiar thing, as are the things it touches.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z You could be smart, he was saying, even if you looked peculiar. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside were ten prints, eight by ten, black and white, each glowing as if lit from behind in that peculiar way of all of Pauline’s work. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Night of Joy had the bird trade in the bag, and Lana’s peculiar knowledge of one aspect of humanity told her that the bird trade might indeed be very large. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hmm, ah yes, here it is. ‘Late in November, Year of the Small Sweet Chestnut, from a frozen sparrowhawk come down from the far north...’—peculiar chap, spoke with a strange accent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Soldiers have a peculiar kind of honor, even those who dip their caps in the blood of their enemies. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z How long could I stand Florida, now that I’d had a taste of this peculiar life? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was a peculiar thing, to know a place was home without knowing it at all. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The luxuriant growth of the mustache was all the more peculiar because the overseer had hardly any hair on his head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “That was the first time we figured there was something peculiar,” said Mae. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And this thing, which as I say was only rather peculiar, soon caused a second thing to happen which was very peculiar. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z In fact, he hadn’t seen any police craft on the river at all, which was peculiar. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Twenty minutes later, they were finishing their first highball in the living room and were talking in the manner peculiar, probably limited, to former college roommates. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z And then, on the opposite side of the stage, Kyle heard a very peculiar sound. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z |
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