Sentence examples for quirky of from inspiring English sources

(Much is made, in "Quirky," of Curie's maternal lapses, though, of course, a feverish work ethic also drew Jobs, Franklin, and Thomas Edison away from their families).

Spoken Word BRODERS BOOKS AND MUSIC Harry Armstrong an dtomWilk discuss "New Jersey Firsts; The Famous, Infamous and Quirky of the Garden State".

The London-based architects have selected the landward end of Brighton West Pier, which was the finest example of that most quirky of British architectural ideas.

Icing on the cake Girona is a city of myths and folklore, possibly the most quirky of which centres on the statue of the small (and rather disturbed looking) lioness climbing up a pillar in Plaça de Sant Feliu (21).

Inspired by a book that profiles some of the more notable, scandalous and quirky of the cemetery's 560,000 inhabitants ("Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery," by Jeffrey I. Richman, Mr. Richmonddecideded to produce a series of plays called "Only the Dead," based on some of its colorful stories.

We've been busy at Ranking America, too, coming up with our annual countdown of the good, the bad and the quirky of U.S. rankings.

If Skins had been set in Baltimore, it would have inherited a long tradition of quirky snapshots of American life.

He eschewed a strong narrative and just created a mosaic of quirky individuals, of which Austin boasts many.

That's the title of his quirky book of poems about the trials and tribulations of raising toddlers.

This evolutionary perspective should help us make sense of the quirky details of biology and anatomy we find in nature, such as the anatomy of the human eye.

Not that it is all about the beer at this quirkiest of old, street-corner boozers.