Sentence examples for abnormally for a from inspiring English sources

Heyward, facing the young Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer, had fallen behind, oh and two, then waited patiently — abnormally, for a player of his age — until the count ran full before turning on a fastball and drilling it over a row of palm trees.

He did seem abnormally nice for a baseball player, especially a future Hall of Famer.

Trading volume was light, but not abnormally so for a Monday in what Wall Street considers the summer season.

It means real interest rates are abnormally high for a country just emerging from a crunching recession.

Controllers followed the bank's procedures but rarely went beyond required checks, the report said, even when the size of Mr. Kerviel's bets was abnormally large for a trader of his experience and position.

I mentioned that my children were at faith formation at our church, leaving the house abnormally quiet for an hour.

The role of folate deficiency in causing a baby's brain or spine to develop abnormally (for example in spina bifida, in which the spinal column doesn't close properly) is well known and is why women are advised to take a daily folate supplement of 400 micrograms if planning to get pregnant.

Heat them up and the flies behave abnormally, for example going into seizures or paralysis.

Back in 1997, and aged only 37 – an abnormally young age for a successful French playwright – Reza spoke of living "a dream".

She is a pretty teenager, with long strawberry-blond hair, and she is almost abnormally self-possessed for a girl from a small town who has suddenly been descended upon by a big-city reporter who is there to talk to her, in secret, about her secret life.

To withstand canine jaws, the animals boast abnormally thick skin for a rodent.