Sample Sentences for
eclectic
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    My mother was a good Catholic—she went to mass twice a week at St. Mary's in Richmond, but my father was an Orthodox Eclectic.  (source)
    Eclectic = one who selects a mix of styles or ideas rather than selecting a common set from a single source
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    Thus did our eclectic foursome arrive at Christ Church.  (source)
    eclectic = varied
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    They grew to love his eclectic taste.  (source)
    eclectic = with a distinctive mix of styles
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    I learned an eclectic smattering of Commonwealth law from a traveling barrister too drunk or too pompous to realize he was lecturing an eight-year-old.  (source)
    eclectic = varied
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    Yet Beaufort had an eclectic and educated board.  (source)
    eclectic = consisting of a mix of different styles
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    While he worked on getting the fire going, Sophia's gaze wandered from the living room to the kitchen, taking in her eclectic surroundings.  (source)
    eclectic = varied mix of styles
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    But I was an abandoned reader and, besides, outlandishly eclectic, with an affinity for the written word—almost any written word—that was so excitable that it verged on the erotic.  (source)
    eclectic = mixing different styles
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    Layla added. . . We have an actual new coffeemaker and a very eclectic selection of coffee mugs… .  (source)
    eclectic = a distinctive mix of styles
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    "Persuaders" called to her from raised platforms, seeking to entice her into the Moorish Palace with its room of mirrors, its optical illusions, and its eclectic wax museum, where visitors saw figures as diverse as Little Red Riding Hood and Marie Antoinette about to be guillotined.  (source)
    eclectic = with a varied mix of subjects rather than all of one kind
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    A true eclectic, as it would be expressed nowadays, Gringoire was one of those firm and lofty, moderate and calm spirits, which always know how to bear themselves amid all circumstances (~stare in dimidio rerum~), and who are full of reason and of liberal philosophy, while still setting store by cardinals.  (source)
    eclectic = one who selects a distinctive mix of styles or ideas rather than adopting a common set from a single source
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    An eclectic mixture of locally owned businesses line Tejon Street, the main drag.  (source)
    eclectic = varied
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    It was true that during her childhood she had sampled many of its eclectic offerings, filling her days with trips to museums, zoos, and theaters.  (source)
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    I had then, over those days of struggling with the staff plan, expended a significant amount of thought to ensuring that Mrs Clements and the girls, once they had got over their aversion to adopting these more 'eclectic' roles, would find the division of duties stimulating and unburdensome.†  (source)
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