Sentence examples for weird spectacle from inspiring English sources

For Brits, the debate over gay marriage has showcased the weird spectacle of religion intruding into politics.

It was a weird spectacle, as Khan did not seem to be able to conjure the single-shot power to put his man properly away.

They have enticed millions of Americans to get up at dawn to watch the weird spectacle of Americans winning soccer games.

Thus the weird spectacle of a Democrat lauding the qualities of Mr Akin, as Ms McCaskill was doing yesterday – in a bid to persuade social conservatives not to desert their man.

Just yesterday we witnessed the weird spectacle of a former world-record holder, Mihaela Melinte of Romania, being escorted off the infield moments before she was to commence throwing the hammer.

But the whole weird spectacle highlights a couple of serious issues that are more relevant than Brick herself, which is probably why her two articles have generated more than 8,000 comments on the Daily Mail's website, and drawn in otherwise sober people, such as NBC anchor Ann Curry.

This leads to weird spectacles.

BLOOD AND VENGEANCE: ONE FAMILY'S STORY OF THE WAR IN BOSNIA.By Chuck Sudetic. Norton 400 pages; $29.95 and £19.95ONE of the weirder spectacles during the war in the former Yugoslavia was the "ancient-hatreds" sideshow.

This weird, gladiatorial spectacle now dwarfs other sports, making hoops your local hardware store and football your town's Wal-Mart.

The Covent Garden auditorium full of people wearing thick, weird-looking spectacles to watch Wagner or Verdi would look even more freakish and other-worldly than it does now.

Obviously, this was a good thing, but there was also something weird about the spectacle of the Street's once fearless free marketeers exulting over a government appointment, as if they were nomenklatura members cheering a new Politburo chief.