Sentence examples for unusual beasts from inspiring English sources

But the gradual privatisation of Germany's housing stock has led to the emergence of unusual beasts: big, stockmarket-listed property firms which mainly rent out homes, not offices or shops.

The biblical narrative is only the vehicle for displaying the water buffalo, the dromedary, and all manner of unusual beasts.

Clive James is an unusual beast: a comic public intellectual.

"They are an unusual beast, because their market is business to business," said Douglas McCabe, an analyst at Enders Analysis in London.

"This Is the End," like some of the things that show up in the second half of the story, is an unusual beast.

He is that highly unusual beast: a talented actor who has won awards and acclaim yet has hung on to his life as a private person.

This strange and unusual beast last appeared just before the Great Recession of 2008 or so.

The somewhat unusual beast has been visible to people on Newlay Bridge over the River Aire for about a decade.

As a private equity and venture capital firm, it's also played in the early stage, making it a more unusual beast, capable of going on a long funding journey with its entrepreneurs, relative to some firms.

During the heyday of Studio 54 it was probably not unusual for patrons to see visions of strange beasts roaming the dance floor.

Pas de Chat, her Devon Rex cat, an unusual-looking beast whose breed was said to have inspired the look of Steven Spielberg's character E.T., meanders around, too.