Sentence examples for seem particular from inspiring English sources

The long trumpets and the angular basset horns seem particular favorites of the director.

These works are antidotes to the cliché of the black victim in South Africa, composed to make their subjects seem particular and less like social abstractions, which is to say less like strangers.

The cottage had a thatched roof, and though it was rotted through in half a dozen places and perfervid with the little lives of crawling things and rodents, she didn't seem particular.

But because of the continued use of Microsoft's long-outdated Windows XP in not-fully-updated versions, some installations of Internet Explorer 6 could be forced to use the outdated security protocol, giving a hacker access to traffic to and from a web server.Each of the four problems may seem particular, but they all stem from inattention.

Each one seemed particular, unique, itself.

Whatever the reason, the trend seems particular to today's mothers, historically speaking.

In short: "A tawdry, tarty, cartoon-like version of female sexuality has become so ubiquitous, it no longer seems particular".

She would have been brilliant, making light work of constituents' plumbing problems, with the sort of brisk efficiency that seems particular to middle-aged mothers.

During both standoffs, the Bundys seemed particular about their costuming (they dressed as cowboys), and focussed on using the encounter to broadcast their beliefs.

With what these days seems particular daring, he declared, "I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair".

The problem, said Loach, seemed particular to cinema critics - unlike book reviewers, who are more likely to "tackle the essence of the book".