Sentence examples for under a peculiar from inspiring English sources

They were quick and efficient, but worked under a peculiar handicap.

For particular geometrical constellations of thin-walled cylindrical structures under wind-loading, a peculiar stability failure mode has been observed.

The juxtaposition of the results of art and of science seen under such ­circumstances may produce a peculiar ­emotional reaction.

Most voters are Coloureds, of mixed race, whose half-way status under apartheid left them with a peculiar contempt for blacks.

Sometimes it is necessary to consider, in connection with it, other evidence which may enlarge or otherwise control its meaning, or which may show that it was circulated under circumstances which gave it a peculiar significance or effect.

Because there is not enough money to pay for what has been ordered, the government, and the Treasury in particular under Gordon Brown, have indulged in a peculiar Through The Looking Glass mechanism of delay.

"What we call a typical day is very different from other parts of the world, given that our life has been shaped in a peculiar way under the system we live in.

The top-floor windows had a peculiar hooded treatment under a strange projecting pent-eave tiled cornice.

It followed a peculiar diversion into reggae under the name Snoop Lion, following a spiritual trip to Jamaica.

B-movies have a peculiar habit of worming under the cultural skin, and "Bushwick reveals the lurking anxieties with which our era is infected.

Yet B-movies (and that is what "Bushwick" is, without a doubt) have a peculiar habit of worming under the cultural skin.