Sentence examples for peculiar combination of from inspiring English sources

But medicine is a peculiar combination of science and fashion, half penicillin, half shoulder pads.

Both are animated by a peculiar combination of maternal affection and killer instincts.

Such a feat would require a peculiar combination of stamina and diary.

The overall emotional climate of O'Brien's class consisted of a peculiar combination of condescension and acute anxiety.

Knickerbocker's voice, which exalted New York with "a peculiar combination of wonder and weariness," Bradley says, captivated American readers.

India's contradictions seem to interest him most, especially its peculiar combination of ancient ascetic spirituality and information-age commercialism.

Peculiar combinations of words keen, squirrel, wadded might refer to real things that had never before been described.

Jean Paul's novels are peculiar combinations of sentiment, irony, and humour expressed in a highly subjective and involuted prose style that is marked by rapid transitions of mood.

The southern portion of Khabarovsk region, where this study was carried out, is situated alongside the Amur River down to the sea and is characterized by peculiar combinations of subtropical and boreal biologic niches.

One notable aspect of this quasi-fictional character is his politics, that odd combination of libertarian and authoritarian that seems peculiar to the heartland of the American right.

So you are both ruthless and cautious, which is a peculiar combination, a little too reminiscent, perhaps, of Gordon Brown.