Sample Sentences foridiosyncrasy (auto-selected)
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We had been an idiosyncratic, leaderless band in the summer, undirected except by the eccentric notions of Phineas. (source)idiosyncratic = distinctive and peculiar
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"It's my idio-idio-idiosyncrasy," replied the gander.† (source)
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It depends on the personal idiosyncrasy of the patient towards that particular drug.† (source)
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He was then in his late fifties, but it was his idiosyncrasy to seem much older than his years; to see him one might have put him at seventy, to hear him speak at nearly eighty.† (source)
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The opinions he expressed in print, argued with idiosyncratic logic, were all over the map.† (source)
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You smile at my idiosyncrasies, accept that they exist, and continue to be my friend.† (source)
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An idiosyncrasy of that particular model.† (source)
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So far, I haven't found any idiosyncrasies of his that drive me crazy.† (source)
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In its color, aroma, and taste, it would certainly express the idiosyncratic geology and prevailing climate of its home terrain.† (source)
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In whose view inadequacy was mere idiosyncrasy, a character trait rather than a deficiency?† (source)
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He hadn't lived there long, but the closeness of the homes allowed Wes to get to know the neighbors and their idiosyncrasies well.† (source)
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He has some rather idiosyncratic notions about the nature of the world and is seeking to learn how far they might go.† (source)
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Never one where Chekhov's talent is matched, nuance for nuance, idiosyncrasy for idiosyncrasy, by every soul onstage.† (source)
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In the week that Idris has been back in Kabul, he has found this tone of lighthearted exasperation common among the foreign-aid workers, who've had to navigate the inconveniences and idiosyncrasies of Afghan culture.† (source)
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At the time, I set it down to some idiosyncratic, personal distaste, and merely wondered at the acuteness of the symptoms; but I have since had reason to believe the cause to lie much deeper in the nature of man, and to turn on some nobler hinge than the principle of hatred.† (source)
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This idiosyncrasy-the term he uses in his diary-was warmly approved of by Tarrou; indeed, one of his appreciative comments ends on the exclamation: "At last!"† (source)
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