Sentence examples for was rather alien from inspiring English sources

There was just something about my persona that people thought was rather alien".

The worlds in question are rather alien places in the universe of New York theater.

The Turrell experience actually houses the Crystals' station of the monorail, a spaceship of sorts to a city compound that is rather alien to any other metropolis in this country.

Like many rainforest species they're rather alien-looking: a Dr Seuss-like tree of dark purple fruit sprouting in grape-like clusters from its narrow, straight trunk.

Gilligan came up with a story questioning whether Samantha had not been abducted by aliens, but was rather murdered by a child killer instead.

Gilligan came up with the concept for "Paper Hearts" when thinking about the series' longest running storyline, the abduction of Samantha Mulder; he came up with a story questioning whether Samantha had not been abducted by aliens, but was rather murdered by a child killer instead.

So the idea of Mr Obama descending into the arena and grubbing for votes is a rather alien one.By happy chance, I was in a bar not far from the White House this evening surrounded by busy, besuited Washington types supping Yuenglings and scoffing sushi and burgers (though not together)—when my dining companion, an old friend, suddenly pointed to the giant television high in one corner.

To a general American audience, such excited talk of Lions and Barbarians is probably rather alien and an explanation, of sorts, is in order.

Jellyfish are rather beautiful in an alien sort of way, helped in this supernatural quality by the fact they tend to arrive in a huge bloom overnight.

The inevitablity of what was to happen to Accardi after his name was put on the 'Attorney General's proscribed list on alien deportees' is rather strongly indicated by the fact that not one of these aliens has ever been granted final discretionary relief allowing him to remain in this country.

But my argument is not just – or even mainly – that alien species are rather less nasty than we like to pretend.