Sentences with phrase «peculiar habit of»

Electronics also have a peculiar habit of draining energy when they're not in use.
Finally, there is the Ghost Hunters» peculiar habit of turning out all the lights before investigating.
What O'Rahilly finds particularly irksome about public attitudes, and what he hopes his research will overturn, is our peculiar habit of blaming the victims of these ills for their misfortune.
Puzzling as the straightness of the lines undoubtedly is, still more puzzling is their peculiar habit of doubling, a phenomenon also discovered by Schiaparelli.
During and after the campaign, Ms. James had the peculiar habit of occasionally massaging the truth.
Jaffna sheep are exceedingly small, having hair instead of wool, and a horny covering on their knees, caused by a peculiar habit of kneeling down when eating short herbage.

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«Character ethics» emphasizes that the foundation of our decisions lies in the peculiar virtues and habits that each of us brings to a moral problem.
Soon, those familiar with the peculiar Teutonic habit of addressing people with every title they have to their name might be reminded of that 1980s hit «Doctor, doctor, can't you see I'm burning?»
He knows each of his dozens of birds by name and personality, noting not only their peculiar markings but also their individual eating, mating, traveling and nesting habits.
Her links to the outside world are few: the mail, the media, an elderly priest with a guilty habit of pilfering spoons, and a bedroom window with a view of the town below.Most longtime residents of Mill River consider the marble house and its occupant peculiar, though insignificant, fixtures.
Like many of cats» peculiar quirks, their drinking habits (or lack thereof) trace back to their early days as desert hunters.
To make that happen, add peculiar pet habits to the list of questions you need to ask at the meet and greet and during the adoption process to avoid things like the story above.
All of us have peculiar habits that exist solely at home, the things only maybe our partners or very close friends have witnessed.
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