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idiosyncrasy
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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)
  • The opinions he expressed in print, argued with idiosyncratic logic, were all over the map.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • So far, I haven't found any idiosyncrasies of his that drive me crazy.†  (source)
  • In its color, aroma, and taste, it would certainly express the idiosyncratic geology and prevailing climate of its home terrain.†  (source)
  • In whose view inadequacy was mere idiosyncrasy, a character trait rather than a deficiency?†  (source)
  • 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)
  • He has some rather idiosyncratic notions about the nature of the world and is seeking to learn how far they might go.†  (source)
  • Never one where Chekhov's talent is matched, nuance for nuance, idiosyncrasy for idiosyncrasy, by every soul onstage.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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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