Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it. From LearnThat.org. [Anonymous]
A peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The peculiar character of the Government of the U.S. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I use the term peculiar, as expressive of the disorganized manner in which I have been compelled to prosecute the work. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the thirty-fifth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Diocese of Mississippi,] Reference
Mohammedans take as a title peculiar to themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference
Now it turns out that it is a term peculiar to meterologists. From Wordnik.com. [Bürger and "Skill" « Climate Audit] Reference
More peculiar is the fact that all safeguards failed. From Wordnik.com. [Oil spill could sap appetite for Obama's offshore drilling plans] Reference
He had assumed the expression peculiar to the young master. From Wordnik.com. [Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02] Reference
The whole Straw inspired Burqa story was peculiar from the start. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-15] Reference
"Champi" is a word peculiar to a certain district, meaning "natural son.". From Wordnik.com. [George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings] Reference
England in peculiar cases; and it therefore happens that the great body of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Quebec Code as a Canadian Asset] Reference
What I find peculiar is the notion “fundamentalists” need or deserve to be criticized. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Pi is exactly three!] Reference
I don't talk about mine, though, except in peculiar generalities so vague as to be ointless. From Wordnik.com. [An appeal for help] Reference
He was soon at the head of seven or eight thousand Rapparees, or, to use the name peculiar to Ulster. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
The Canadian hedge fund market has developed certain peculiar properties compared to hedge funds elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [2006 Investment Outlook] Reference
He seemed like a ripe fruit grown out of a rich soil; "oriental," his mother called his peculiar lusciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Youth and the Bright Medusa] Reference
Magnus is a name peculiar to this line, as the great Earl Magnus belonged to it, and Harald Ungi had a brother Magnus. From Wordnik.com. [Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns] Reference
But, what makes this particular case most peculiar is the talk of a position swap between the top diplomat and Vice President Joe Biden. From Wordnik.com. [Charles D. Ellison: Clinton/Obama '12 - That's a Bet] Reference
He is so what you call peculiar that he writes no letters, leaves no address, and roves here and there like a born gitano. ". From Wordnik.com. [Moods] Reference
Was his accent in uttering this simple phrase peculiar?. From Wordnik.com. [The Millionaire Baby] Reference
It is an expression peculiar, I think, to the hunters of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North] Reference
The Afrikander character may be called peculiar in many respects. From Wordnik.com. [My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War] Reference
British king's courtiers make merry with technical terms peculiar to. From Wordnik.com. [A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles] Reference
Edeki-Alan: they speak a peculiar dialect of the ancient language of the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
Makes up for being bad by being peculiar, which is the definition of cult. From Wordnik.com. [Bjørn Stærk's Max 256 Blog] Reference
It may, perhaps, be described as a peculiar exaltation of the sense of feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
They speak a peculiar language, wear the Scythian dress and live on the fruit of. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
"People who are different from other people are always called peculiar," said Anne. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Avonlea] Reference
This place of confinement is styled the baptistery, an edifice and name peculiar to cathedrals. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4] Reference
To that end we indulged in a great variety of the picturesque cow-calls peculiar to the cowboy. From Wordnik.com. [Arizona Nights] Reference
English tragedies, but the one which best recalls the peculiar greatness of the drama of Greece. From Wordnik.com. [Milton] Reference
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