Sentences with phrase «curious sense»

In a curious sense, despite his single - minded devotion to social reform, his character was too dependent to manage this through the ordained ministry.

With a bit more adjusting of the ingredients, the third batch was well on its way to excellence and the book club ladies all ate with a curious sense of abandon as they kept asking, «These are made with what kind of flour again?

A tragic figure, he leaves voters with the curious sense of unfulfilled promise.

The film has a curious sense of amusement at the proceedings, and though Kubrick can be seen as laughing along with Alex at the end of A Clockwork Orange as he may also tut - tut, here the bemusement is more otherworldly.

The usual suspects are all present and correct, with a curious sense of anticipation as to how events will lead to the hijinks in the forest with which we are all so familiar.

Because someone at Audi appears to have a curious sense of humor, the base trim is dubbed «Premium Plus» while the upgraded version, which starts at $ 56,775, carries the more - appropriate moniker «Prestige.»

The storyline in Pharmakon perfectly uses each of these meanings to bring a curious sense of dread as each puzzle progresses.

Upon entering the room, one felt a curious sense of abandonment; this is because there are no figures in the all too human spaces Suss gives us.

Inside, a minimalistic configuration of white pedestals and a partition wall convey a curious sense of vacancy, while several pairs of binoculars at the center of the gallery inquisitively suggest closer looking.

As fluency in these scripts is in fairly short supply today, almost no one would be able to tell their meaning without knowing the titles of the works, an aspect that imparts to the works a curious sense of muteness.

JohnL has a curious sense «political morality», which seemingly discounts the impact of climate change, which will impact greatest on vulnerable population that are least responsible for causing it.