How to use "peculiar" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "peculiar" in popular movie and book plots

  • Some peculiar things have happened at Three Gables.  - The Adventure of the Three Gables
  • The crew finds Coyote to be habitable, but very peculiar nevertheless.  - Coyote (Steele novel)
  • Teller proceeds to pursue the would-be assassin in a peculiar chase scene back to the apartment.  - Penn & Teller Get Killed
  • Because he feels ostracized by a public that tends to view him as peculiar due to his size, Fin keeps to himself.  - The Station Agent
  • This is only one of many peculiar provisos to which she must agree.  - The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
  • He applies to Tamurello for assistance, who sends to him Visbhume, a low magician of peculiar personal habits.  - Lyonesse Trilogy
  • Polly is a peculiar little girl who soon develops a deep devotion to Graham, who showers her with attention.  - Villette (novel)
  • She and her mother have endured years of abuse from the old whaler and sealer, who moreover had some remarkably peculiar habits.  - The Adventure of Black Peter
  • The fiancé, mr Hosmer Angel, is a peculiar character, rather quiet, and rather secretive about his life.  - A Case of Identity
  • Further, they notice that "Speedy’s gait [includes] a peculiar rolling stagger, a noticeable side-to-side lurch".  - Runaround (story)
  • After investigating a peculiar structure nearby, he scouts around and finds a strange-looking mound, which he opens with a small shovel.  - Fiasco (novel)
  • Some Ecotopians participate in a peculiar ritual of (voluntary) mock warfare, fought with actual weapons and often resulting in injuries.  - Ecotopia
  • The peculiar nature of Casaubon's will leads to suspicion that Ladislaw and Dorothea are lovers, creating an awkwardness between the two.  - Middlemarch
  • dr Petersen notices that dr Edwardes has a peculiar phobia about sets of parallel lines against a white background.  - Spellbound (1945 film)
  • Elizabeth, his fiancée, is worried over his peculiar actions.  - Frankenstein (1931 film)
  • However, people from the Scattering are returning with their own peculiar powers.  - Heretics of Dune

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