Sentence examples for peculiar pieces from inspiring English sources

The standard interpretation of Sturtevant's peculiar pieces is that they are generic critiques of originality — run-of-the-mill rehashes of the idea that there is nothing new under the sun.

Many people – myself included – thought this a peculiar piece of casting.

One suspects that this peculiar piece came from ambivalence, not passion.

On the original recording she sounds only mildly Wagnerian — but it still makes for a somewhat peculiar piece of casting.

This is a peculiar piece, splashier and more aggressive than Chopin's better works and uncommonly thick in texture.

(Shoulder? Neck? This business of figuring out what the animal bits once did was, I concede, a peculiar piece of speculation).

We are moderately house proud, despite our stack of grisly "before" photos and the real estate agent's warning that "it's a peculiar little house on a peculiar piece of property".

Built just six months ago, this towering, seemingly endless row of vertical steel beams is so amazing in its conceit you either want to see more of it, or else run in the opposite direction — just the sort of conflicting emotions many people feel when confronted with a peculiar piece of art.

It's an amazing thing, in fact, because it's a very peculiar piece of Americana.

The ones where someone shared a peculiar piece of their personality that wasn't being directed by their dick.

As the day grew closer to 6 p.m., I kept eyeing that peculiar piece of paper and wondering what to do.