Sentence examples for peculiar combinations from inspiring English sources

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.

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ANNA PIAGGI, an oracular Italian fashion editor known for an endless array of eye-popping, wildly colorful outfits of the most peculiar combinations, ranging from vintage Patou to thermal mountain rescue coats to a uniform vest from late-period McDonald's, died Tuesday at her home in Milan.

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.

A peculiar combination, you might think, but for him each unlocks the other.

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.

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