Peculiarly

Examples

• There was something to the English peculiarly attractive in the idea of this wave-encircled, island-enthroned city. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Under his rule were carried out the dragonnades, a peculiarly malignant and effectual form of persecution. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Original genius was peculiarly his attribute. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• As boracic acid is but slightly soluble in water and other common solvents this combination with glycerine--which is also a useful agent in arresting the growth of germs--is peculiarly valuable. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• At last a day and night of peculiarly agonizing depression were succeeded by physical illness, I took perforce to my bed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A solution of nitrate of silver, then called the acid of silver, was known to be peculiarly susceptible to the action of those rays. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Her delicate organization and creative imagination rendered her peculiarly susceptible of pleasurable emotion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Two peculiarly blunt knocks or pokes at the door, as if the dead man arriving on his back were striking at it with the soles of his motionless feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The condition of her orphan children was peculiarly desolate. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Mr. Pickwick, with his usual foresight and sagacity, had chosen a peculiarly desirable moment for his visit to the borough. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The lady's habits were marked by an Oriental indolence and disorder peculiarly trying to her companion. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The face of each child, as the amount of his contribution was mentioned, darkened in a peculiarly vindictive manner, but his was by far the worst. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• So peculiarly the lady in it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• And to her the consciousness of having exceeded in words was peculiarly mortifying. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Large, masculine feet they were, with peculiarly long, sharp toes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• These qualities render it peculiarly serviceable for the stopping of vessels of different kinds, for floats, buoys, swimming-belts or jackets, artificial limbs, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is peculiarly strong and stiff. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• In that county there was enough to be seen to occupy the chief of their three weeks; and to Mrs. Gardiner it had a peculiarly strong attraction. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• This is a peculiarly felicitous instance of what is called poetical justice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Of course you observed the peculiarly square toes in the impressions, and that his own boots exactly corresponded to them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• You would think, to hear them talk, that they are peculiarly civilized--especially gentle and kindly of disposition to their fellow-men. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He spoke in a peculiarly slow, quiet voice, and with an expression of still irony in his face not easy to describe. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The disposition of Idris was peculiarly frank, soft, and affectionate. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Peculiarly lucky! Jane Austen. Emma.
• No food can afford a more decisive proof of its nourishing quality, or of its being peculiarly suitable to the health of the human constitution. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Such cases are peculiarly difficult to pronounce upon, said Lydgate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• One of the ph?nonema which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the structure of the human frame, and, indeed, any animal endued with life. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Emma must submit to stand second to Mrs. Elton, though she had always considered the ball as peculiarly for her. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Topsy always made great capital of her own sins and enormities, evidently considering them as something peculiarly distinguishing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The doctor could not help laughing at the sort of moue she made: when he laughed, he had something peculiarly good-natured and genial in his look. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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