Sentence examples for made the strange from inspiring English sources

In his first two novels, Darin Strauss made the strange familiar.

Brown tells me the individual even made the strange and frightening move of "stealing" avatars of Brown's supporters and fans.

Theroux made the strange decision to include in this volume a number of his prefaces to recent editions of his other books.

When North made the strange three-heart cue-bid, which announced a hand with at least game-invitational values and a spade fit, he gave his opponents the opportunity to suggest a slam and stop in game.

'There was new dark-haired face, hairy face, stinky face, angry face, red face, pain face, big-head face and spitty face... Some would have the machine that made the strange clicking sound when the light flashed.

At the other table, South opened one heart, North responded two diamonds, South rebid two hearts, and North, admittedly with a tough decision, made the strange choice to rebid three diamonds.

After these works were completed in July 1948 The Courier-Mail reported that they had "made the strangest vessel on the Australian waterfront even stranger".

Making the familiar strange, making the strange familiar: these are among the most dexterous, variously re-imagined, catholically deployed, and evergreen of literary techniques.

He also makes the strange claim that without the doctrine of transubstantiation the Mass would mean nothing.

This, in and of itself, is a brilliant take on the artist's mandate to "make the strange familiar, and the familiar strange".

I love Ghibli obsessively - I love how they make the strange beautiful and the beautiful strange - and that's what Sally Gardner does too.