But she walked on in a preternatural, determined trance. From LearnThat.org.
Warmth should be "preternatural" for a politician?. From Wordnik.com. [WA-SEN: Cantwell vs. McGavick] Reference
Through their means man acquires a kind of preternatural power over the future lot of his fellow-creatures. From Wordnik.com. [American Institutions and Their Influence] Reference
Conning back for these posts, it was no longer a stream, but more of a river of humanity, with everyone in preternatural good cheer. From Wordnik.com. [At Invesco Now...] Reference
There are also secret societies which guard what may be called the preternatural tradition of the tribe, and deduce therefrom the decisions to be arrived at. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
I suspect she is actually a vampire à la Ann Rice, who uses the word 'preternatural' far too much for my liking. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe] Reference
The popular imagination seems to buy into a mythic understanding of Apple — that Steve Jobs has some kind of preternatural design compass embedded in his brain stem. From Wordnik.com. [inkblurt · Strategy and Innovation: Strange Bedfellows] Reference
She used the word "preternatural" correctly in a sentence. From Wordnik.com. [All Categories Featured Content - Associated Content] Reference
I could read, as by a kind of preternatural instinct, as soon as I could walk; and reading was with me at ten years a devouring passion. From Wordnik.com. [Oldtown Folks] Reference
She was possessed of an eerie preternatural beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Byrne: A Review of Furious Love by Sam Kashner and Nancy Shoenberg] Reference
All that puts preternatural pressure on high-school students. From Wordnik.com. [SURVIVING THE NEW SAT] Reference
Given Obama's preternatural equanimity, the charge is risible. From Wordnik.com. [Robert L. Borosage: Reality Check] Reference
Unnatural conditions require preternatural aids, as we all know. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
With a face of preternatural gravity, he advances, seizes the arm of. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
Constantinople, and half by the preternatural energy infused into the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348] Reference
Its triumph seems foreordained, its foot soldiers preternatural heroes. From Wordnik.com. [A Storm In The Streets] Reference
Here's the secret of their preternatural self-confidence: they plan to inherit. From Wordnik.com. [Inherit The Rind] Reference
Here was the fitting scenery for tales of preternatural terror or fiendish crime. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The clearness, the vivacity, of this man's mind were something almost preternatural. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Obama's almost preternatural equanimity has helped keep his campaign on an even keel. From Wordnik.com. [Sit Back, Relax, Get Ready to Rumble] Reference
They were more real, indeed, than the dim and preternatural space in which she walked. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
Great parental expectations left Gore with a preternatural eagerness to please superiors. From Wordnik.com. [The Education Of Al Gore] Reference
In fact, they regarded the Spaniards as superior beings endowed with preternatural gifts. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
"I hope you have followed this sapient, but rather preternatural advice," said Father Letheby. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
His heart races at the thought but his hands are steady, adopting a state of preternatural calm. From Wordnik.com. [Lovelies on the Beach] Reference
He is an almost preternatural shape shifter, projecting radically differ persona depending on his audience. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Doctoroff: Tang Jun's Drama: A Chinese Business Tragedy] Reference
Here little attention is given to artistic form; but the preternatural acuteness of the man is overpowering. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Pat Buchanan, with his preternatural feel for cutting issues, has spotted the next one: "reform" of the courts. From Wordnik.com. [Grappling With Race] Reference
Obama can be a little bloodless and dull in his preternatural calm, but his goofy side showed up at debate prep. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Debates] Reference
The outlines of all objects round her were clear and hard: everything had assumed a look of preternatural density. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
With her great smile and preternatural play, she has received sport's highest compliment, a comparison to Tiger Woods. From Wordnik.com. [Martina Redux] Reference
Nostradamus; graves yawned at the beck of his potent finger; their ghostly habitants, appeared at his preternatural bidding. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
He had a way of pursing his lips and glaring through his spectacles when he read that gave him a look of preternatural wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
LONDON -- It's ill-attended, competitors are few, and the talent it showcases is less a preternatural gift than a parlor trick. From Wordnik.com. [For this champion, life is (mostly) a memory game] Reference
The poor woman would fain have drawn back, but she could not, such was the preternatural power exercised over her by her companion. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
The latter alternative was not so; if she betrayed no preternatural buoyancy, the trial was so far in her favor, and she was taken up. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Roman soldiers were appalled in the Punic war by the sudden apparition of unknown animals of monstrous size and preternatural strength. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
Like most transcendent athletes, he has a relentless appetite for training -- he swims even on Christmas Day -- and a preternatural calm. From Wordnik.com. [MIGHTY MICHAEL] Reference
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