Sentence examples for peculiar argument from inspiring English sources

Defending this arrangement for the sake of the poor makes for a peculiar argument.

They mounted a peculiar argument against Senator Obama, acknowledging that voters wanted change but insisting that you can't achieve change by doing things differently.

Although trying to evict someone for looking too young is a peculiar argument, landlords are adopting increasingly aggressive tactics to oust tenants from valuable rent-regulated apartments.

This, though, is an extremely peculiar argument for critics of over-procreation to make, because the core of the (non-despairing, non-nihilistic) case against having too many kids rests on fears about the consequences for future generations of the reproductive choices that we make today.

Figuring out the form(s) of creationism which are in play in any particular situation is one of the most important keys to understanding what is actually going on when creationists are lobbying for peculiar language in a science standard, or making a peculiar argument about some obscure phenomenon in geology or biology.

Another peculiar argument is that raising employee wages will mean a more expensive Big Mac.

Because of the permeable boundary between fact and fiction in Gloeckner's life, I find myself, at times, picking peculiar arguments with her.

But if the 60-page brief he filed with the court in January, at least, has some peculiar arguments in it.

It was a peculiar, tortured argument, full of holes.

One should note Cook Wilson's peculiar form of argument, as he claims that the ordinary language locution 'The number 3' confirms his view.

Peculiar though this line of argument may be, the fact that it's come up already in the trial suggests that the lawyers defending Prop.