There was a reason for this uncustomary perspiration. From Wordnik.com. [The Alibi]
This all contributed to these uncustomary, uneasy feelings. From Wordnik.com. [Qasim Basir: The Inspiration of Barack: Back to Message -- "Vote"] Reference
There was something horribly uncustomary and unwonted about them. From Wordnik.com. [Do Writers Bug You?] Reference
They're totally willing to do unprecedented and uncustomary things to fight this war. From Wordnik.com. ['An Illegal, Immoral Order'] Reference
'Saturday Night Live' sped to uncustomary heights, fueled by the presidential election. From Wordnik.com. [Live From New York, a Miracle] Reference
Coutts addressed his wife with a simple greeting, as is uncustomary in Islamic society. From Wordnik.com. [2009 May 25 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
Liir drank up and felt the beer rise in him — an agreeable and uncustomary heaviness. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
It was not uncustomary for people to gasp a little when they first saw her, and I did just that. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen and I] Reference
Hugh was gone, riding south for Canterbury in uncustomary state, well escorted and in his finery. From Wordnik.com. [The Raven In The Foregate]
Melrose felt an uncustomary surge of near-religious respect for such genius, so lacking in ostentation. From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
So when Doherty shows up in the small office behind the Boogaloo, he looks uncustomary, almost like an apparition. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful and the Damned] Reference
There was an uncustomary softness in his tone that made McCoy think the Vulcan understood what was happening here. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodthirst] Reference
But Pinkie hadn't immediately hustled her up to bed, which was uncustomary, and because it was, it was also alarming. From Wordnik.com. [Fat Tuesday]
Aggrandizing such tiny deals is rather uncustomary for retail brokers, whose careers are often measured in square feet. From Wordnik.com. [Retail Power Brokering, 2009] Reference
On one day in that week the nurse returned in a state of most uncustomary excitement from an errand on which Agnes had sent her. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Hotel] Reference
Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters: and his circumstances or his character may be uncustomary. From Wordnik.com. [On Liberty] Reference
Lendle's small mouth fell open and he found himself at an uncustomary loss for words as he watched the wall of water bear down on the ship. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons of Chaos]
But their interest was in the small souvenirs that soldiers back from the Napoleonic and colonial wars had donated, as was not uncustomary. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
Certainly they gave proofs of uncustomary fidelity. From Wordnik.com. [The Fight for the Republic in China] Reference
On the bright side, Favre fulfilled his uncustomary role as "game manager.". From Wordnik.com. [FOXSports.com News] Reference
It became socially uncustomary for the patricians to patronize the theatre. From Wordnik.com. [Our Responsibility to the English Speaking Theatre] Reference
Thereafter comes the Ramsay expertise, which is dispensed with uncustomary benevolence. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
All are from the same Latin word, satureja, and all underwent uncustomary modifications. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 4] Reference
The matter is different when we do not properly estimate an uncustomary sense-impression. From Wordnik.com. [Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students] Reference
As my uncustomary welcome to Tabin Wildlife Reserve shows: the park is a meeting of two worlds. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
The Steelers, one of the NFL's worst return teams, got their first touchdown in an uncustomary way. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
A weather forecaster says the entire country can expect uncustomary wet weather over the Easter weekend. From Wordnik.com. [News24 Top Stories] Reference
Whereas The Sun before Christmas displayed an uncustomary caution, the Telegraph has shown a new ferocity. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
To refuse it was as uncustomary and as rude as to refuse the Alaskan miner who offers a drink at a public bar. From Wordnik.com. [White Shadows in the South Seas] Reference
So true is it that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. From Wordnik.com. [The Subjection of Women] Reference
Johannesburg - The long Easter weekend is set to be an uncustomary wet affair, a weather forecaster said on Thursday. From Wordnik.com. [News24 Top Stories] Reference
In France it is not uncustomary to commit suicide at this stage; in England we do much better, or much worse, as the case may be. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Native] Reference
Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters; and his circumstances or his character may be uncustomary. From Wordnik.com. [III. Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Well-Being] Reference
Relations with steadfast Asian ally Japan are moving through an uncustomary rough patch over U.S. military installations on Okinawa. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories]
Later he found he couldn’t speak to Irma, except in an uncustomary stammer. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
“Gentlemen,” Spock said, with an uncustomary lack of patience, “now is not the time. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodthirst] Reference
"For for the coach to be swapping players is not uncustomary, once we can manage it well. From Wordnik.com. [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference
"You are uncustomary. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
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