Sentence examples for Idiosyncrasy. from inspiring English sources

A CERTAIN genre of books about English extols the language's supposed difficulty and idiosyncrasy.

But the polls are revealing an idiosyncrasy that suggests this may not matter as much as might be imagined.Large numbers of Italians now say they would back the Democratic Party, if only it would run alone.

As the strategic calculus shifts to territory won or lost and casualties suffered, a new idiosyncrasy in human decision making appears: our deep-seated aversion to cutting our losses.

He was a most delightful man, with many a charming idiosyncrasy— And his great-great-great-uncle, a general, gave his name to Nashville in Tennasy.

ALL the world recognises the exuberant energy, invention and idiosyncrasy that are synonymous with the culture of the United States.

The other is the idiosyncrasy of Italy's electoral system.

For the record, this particular idiosyncrasy goes back to 1848 when the Austrians crushed a national uprising and celebrated the impending execution of upstart Hungarian leaders with a veritable cacophony of beer glass clinking.

But the second idiosyncrasy is more important.

Idiosyncrasy is a genetically determined hypersusceptibility.

Although Bloch and Strayer employed the feudal construct throughout their careers, both admitted the idiosyncrasy of the various definitions of the feudal labels that have been proposed, and both acknowledged that focusing on the construct inevitably obscures the human beings, both individuals and groups, whose actions historians are dedicated to comprehending.

Modest Mouse, American alternative rock group known for musical idiosyncrasy and darkly comical lyrics.