Sentence examples for given a peculiar from inspiring English sources

In each case, however, they are given a peculiar and distinctive twist.

On her last day of work, at age sixty-three, Marie was given a peculiar honor.

The movie was given a peculiar resonance by being shot in the anxious Watergate period: America's defeat in Vietnam, student riots, Richard Nixon wrestling with his own demons in the White House.

Around that time, the Colombians who manufactured the drugs being distributed in Miami by Cubans decided to eliminate the middleman, and, given a peculiar viciousness in the way they customarily operated, that sometimes meant eliminating the middleman's wife and whoever else happened to be around.

In other news, Chatroulette, which had been given a – peculiar – new look at the beginning of this year, has teamed up with 99Designs to launch a contest to design both a fresh logo for the service and a revamped website.  .

Putting his hands in his trouser pockets, he gave a peculiar quarter twist to his body.

Russell Baker's commentary after the final episode gives a peculiar gloss to this story.

The alaia gave a peculiar, lifting feeling that defied its thinness.

Yet the experience of reading, viewing, or listening to a work of art does give a peculiar release, a feeling of freedom from inner turbulence.

Both wear patently uncool jeans with black, no-logo flats, and, together, give a peculiar impression of having never in their lives been teenaged.

Last week, Vittorio Feltri, a longtime Berlusconi loyalist and the editor of Il Giornale, a newspaper owned by Mr. Berlusconi's brother, gave a peculiar interview to a rival publication in which he criticized Mr. Berlusconi.