Sentence examples for an odd spectacle from inspiring English sources
A YEAR AGO IN April, an odd spectacle unfolded in the earthquake zone.
It made for an odd spectacle: people from the supposed radical left, with instincts that were often disappointingly conservative.
It was an odd spectacle: American finance ministers do not often hang out in African slums, and rock stars rarely take part in roundtable discussions about development economics.
This all makes for an odd spectacle: Republicans in Washington are up in arms over the violation of religious liberty they say is involved in forcing a religious institution to offer insurance that completely covers birth control.
It was an odd spectacle, hearing such language in a sober British courtroom full of sober British lawyers, but this an odd case, one seemingly without precedent in British soccer history.
FORTY miles north of Los Angeles, in an area where hundreds of homes are cropping up among the brushy, treeless hills, several dozens buyers recently found an odd spectacle in a new housing development.
Whatever the explanation, and whatever the levels of support for leave among Labour voters, a supposed party of opposition – and a leftwing one at that – accepting a project birthed and then sustained in the worst kind of rightwing political circles is a very odd spectacle indeed.
It made for a slightly odd spectacle of defense lawyers objecting to documents they themselves introduced and containing at least some statements they themselves still advance.
The dinner discussion caught the attention of other leaders around the table, some of whom later remarked privately on the odd spectacle of an American president seeming to single out the Russian leader for special attention at a summit meeting that included some of the United States' staunchest, oldest allies.
Despite all that, some Olympic test events are going forward, including the truly odd spectacle of a beach volleyball tournament not far from 10 Downing Street.
Hence the odd spectacle of a president expressing surprise and disappointment in the federal government — as if he's not the one running it.
