Sentence examples for curious distinction from inspiring English sources

But this city, a bastion of progressive politics, has a curious distinction these days.

From space, the nighttime map of North Korea has a curious distinction: it is almost completely dark.

"What good are they if they're not loaded?" Others in Austin have the curious distinction of being gun people without actually being gun people.

By Evan Osnos January 29 , 2013From space, the nighttime map of North Korea has a curious distinction: it is almost completely dark.

In the course of a long discussion about the current state of pro tennis, my friend described a curious distinction between the men's game and the women's, curious because it is counterintuitive, to borrow my friend's adjective.

Viewers of the Women's World Cup semifinals Wednesday may notice that, by comparison, the fake collapses are scarce — a curious distinction between the two games that raises tricky questions.

When Dr. Powell Jeff Bridgess) objects, Prot muses on the "curious human distinction" between doctor and patient and wonders why Powell hasn't cured his unhappy charges yet.

Indeed, these days there is a curious professional caste distinction between those who just draw and paint and those who work only with type.

At the argument on Wednesday, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III called that distinction curious, saying, "I don't understand how the authority to use military force which relates specifically to the Sept. 11 attacks can be held not to apply to the people who attacked us".

However, I'm curious to understand the distinction you're making between a joke that is "not blatantly homophobic" but "gay un-friendly".

This was not the moment for a follow-up question, but I was curious: What's the distinction between the devices?