Sentence examples for curious contrast from inspiring English sources

They make for a curious contrast.

For now, it's worth noting a curious contrast between two of reviews, one from France, the other from Germany.

His mind is nearly as sharp as ever, and his health is entirely intact, in curious contrast with the physical state of most of his friends.

Bacon's devotion to his art stood in curious contrast to his subject matter and the eccentric squalor of his personal life.

That forms a most curious contrast with the poor little Dawn Hotel across the street, a delicate mansion of 1886 that now has aluminum siding, tar and similar repairs.

He had large, light-blue eyes that sparkled ingratiatingly, and the fact that he wore austere rimless glasses with steel sidepieces for reading and writing provided another curious contrast.

Under the patronage of Philip II and his successors, Madrid developed into a city of curious contrasts, preserving its old, overcrowded centre, around which developed palaces, convents, churches, and public buildings.

It is curious to contrast "Portrait of Caro" with a portrait of Ella, hanging on the wall opposite.

In contrast, "Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity" favors the overtly hand-made.

PARIS — A curious match of contrasting styles looked no more than halfway over.

Ms. Henríquez's sculptures are by contrast funny, tough, enlightening and curious — in short, everything artwork in a museum should be.