Sentence examples for one peculiar thing from inspiring English sources

The anxieties and deferred desires we have about forces that seem so huge and unstoppable suddenly become a lot easier to deal with if we feel like we can foist blame (or hope) on one peculiar thing.

One peculiar thing about the London men's collections taking place this weekend is that the coolest young designers, or at least the ones with the most buzz here, tend to show in what would seem to be the worst time slots.

"It's a very weird and peculiar thing for a one-on-one conversation without the attorney general, without warning, between the president and me, or any United States attorney who has been asked to investigate various things," Bharara said.

"It's a very weird and peculiar thing for a one-on-one conversation without the attorney general, without warning, between the president and me, or any United States attorney who has been asked to investigate various things," Bharara said on ABC's "This Week," adding that he believed the direct communication was a breach of protocol. .

But that's one of those peculiar things where you gradually start to look like your dog.

One of the peculiar things about that peculiar family was why a gaggle of millionaires chose to live together in the same house.

One of the peculiar things about the world of finance is that it freely offers the sensation of being proved right to its participants.

But one of the peculiar things about couture is that while great pride is taken in the skills of the atelier, and huge respect is paid to the creativity of the designers, the rich women who buy the clothes are very rarely mentioned.

One of the peculiar things about this story is that, because of all the tumult, Mayor Brown was able to not only appoint the first Asian chief of the department and the first black chief — which he did before the scandal — but also to name the first woman chief and then to turn the department back over to an Irish chief, Alex Fagan.

One of the peculiar things about humans is that we frequently wear masks.

One of the peculiar things about the youth centre were the 30-year-old guys who hung out there.