How To Use Exotic In A Sentence

Under the cover of darkness, exotic sports cars come alive with red-hot glowing brakes, flaming exhausts and sparks from contact as drivers battle both the elements and other drivers.
Compared to a Finno-Ugric language like Estonian or Hungarian, which has tons of cases with exotic names like the inessive, superessive, ablative, translative, and exessive, English seems as poor as a pauper on payday. 2009 October « Motivated Grammar
Another category of vessels and flatware was distinguished by the use of precious stones or exotic materials, such as coral, mother-of-pearl, or coconut shell.
Plantations of exotic non-native trees use up large quantities of water, which can have adverse affects on natural habitats.
Over 300,000 visitors a year enjoy the waterfalls, flower gardens, exotic birds, animal life and the children's playground.

The exotic flowers we crossbred on the farm never lasted as long as the wild ones which grew naturally.
No doubt some of these are metrosexuals, those city-dwelling gents with more than enough disposable income to spend on clothes, restaurants, the latest gadgets, exotic holidays and eyebrow waxing.
It’s supposed to contain something from this exotic melon called SOD or superoxide dismutase which is a protein also found in the melons of a good ole cantaloupe. Cindy Crawford Gets Extorted For Some Reason
Also called ionized (or charged) gas, plasma can be as common as in fluorescent light bulbs or exotic in the extreme, as a thermonuclear explosion. India eNews
Whether it is a native cat, previously thought extinct, or an escaped exotic pet, the Beast of Bodmin is a creature that refuses to disappear.
I finally understood the slowly growing heat rise in the lake — it was energy leakage from whatever that mascon really was, some very exotic bloc of matter, a giant quark, something. The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection
Some of the proposals include exotic electronic states that have not yet been observed in any system.
Not in so many words, she viewed my new handset as just another exotic creation of a transnational technocracy using technology to get us to spend our obsessive consumerist, materialist dollars.
Mr. Jackson converted a rustic red barn into a herpetarium with displays for a dozen exotic and venomous snakes, including a Burmese python and a monocled cobra.
Sometime after AD 73 this was superseded by a palace, built using many exotic imported materials and surrounded by gardens and landscaped parkland.
It has a steel-coated mainframe and ceramic swingarm plus a host of exotic features. The Sun
Everywhere I turned there were immense trees towering above me, rainbows of exotically coloured blooms, and thick dark carpets of creeping moss.
As the struggle between the exotic island's warring factions reaches critical mass, further questions emerge from the tangled undergrowth. Times, Sunday Times
Some of the more exotic, smoked flavors, including hickory and applewood, are express-smoked under pressure in a controlled-combustion smoke chamber.
The garden includes a conservatory for growing exotic plants. Times, Sunday Times
The trade in exotic birds is barbarous and inhumane.
The most sumptuous and heady of fragrances, these feature exotic flowers like Bulgarian rose, jasmine and tuberose, as well as mysterious musks, woods and other exotic essences.
The holsters are hand-stitched using the finest leather, horsehide, cowhide, sharkskin and exotics like ostrich and stingray.
They speak to each other in Tagalog, using exotic diminutives.
The centrepiece of the pavilion was a grand piano designed by Ruhlmann and made from such exotic materials as amboyna wood and Macassar ebony.
The nutty flavour of the barley goes very well with the slightly exotic flavour of the mushrooms - a marriage made in Scotland.
Romance is the key with quirky touches including circular beds and exotic chandeliers. The Sun
So while artists in 1860s Paris were discovering the beauty of Japanese "floating world" — or ukiyo-e — woodblock prints, many Japanese artists were heading to Yokohama, scouring European publications and creating their own genre of exotica: the Yokohama-e. How Japan Saw Us
So my heterosexual male readers are merely invited to recall the most exotically beautiful woman they've ever seen and imagine her two or three notches better-looking.
These include exotic ylang ylang, jasmine, turmeric, ginger, allspice, cinnamon, curry leaf, water lilies, mahogany trees, avocados, wax apples, and five varieties of mango.
If two leggers are respectful and properly admiring of us for the exotic, superior beings that we are, then we will always be well behaved in return.
Beneath the relative uniformity of its standard, edited variety, American English is a rich gallimaufry of exotic and native stuffs.
In the rest of the review, this translates to the criticism that The Confessions of Max Tivoli is too clever, The Dew Breaker too "exotic," Little Children too jokey. Politics and Literature
An exotic Lebanese assemblage of Sauvignon and muscat, this crisp, complex wine has a nose of light apricot and white flowers.
His latest movie is just more of the same-exotic locations, car chases and a final shoot-out.
Even the eighteenth century British art is looking strikingly exotic.
An important feature of the site is the lack of invasive non-native exotics like rhododendron and laurel.
Now rare earth elements with exotic names such as europium and tantalum hold the key to hybrid cars, wind turbines and crystal-clear TV displays - that is, if a looming supply shortage doesn't stop innovation in its tracks. The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future
Another concern was the problem of uncontrolled importations of exotic species.
Here in Dubai the hotel is built like an exotic Arabian village, complete with a souk and outdoor cafes where you can sit and try a hubble-bubble pipe as you sip some very strong, sweet Turkish-style coffee.
Drawing on Asian traditions that date back centuries, its spa retreats blend romance and serenity with exotic sensuality.
The new technique raises the efficiency to 69 per cent, using a solid-state device which stores data on ions in a crystal made of an exotic compound, yttrium orthosilicate. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
There are no official figures on the number of exotic pets in the UK but the type of animals on sale from pet shops include birds, snakes and other reptiles, terrapins and even small alligators.
The author does not neglect the more exotic apocalyptic and millenarian episodes.
Salma Hayek plays an exotic dancer whose act involves a giant snake in this Quentin Tarantino / Robert Rodriguez team-up ...
Styled on the popular Parisian boulevard cafes, this delightful family restaurant overlooks the exotic lagoon-style pool.
Perhaps it's just that the concept of an oncolytic virus, which is what OncoVex actually is, sounds a little exotic. Espirito Santo's Surprise Loan Move
This garden has exotic plants from all over the globe.
Along with other large case pieces, desks-and-bookcases were often covered with herringbone-patterned veneer in exotic woods or tortoiseshell.
It is not enough for me to explore, to retreat graciously into the dust and floorboards of those exotic places.
Most beginners heap their plate with two or three of their favourite items, and soon find that they have no appetite for several of the exotic dishes.
There are some exotic words in English language.
So he turned to Micheline Bernardini, an exotic dancer at the Casino de Paris, who had no qualms about appearing nearly nude in public.
Ideal for an exotic garden and very happy in deep shade. Times, Sunday Times
The reptile, which looks like an alligator, will be kept at the Dangerous Wild Animal Rescue Facility in Great Wakering where more than 400 exotic animals are homed.
From here you can look north to some of the finest coastal scenery in Britain with islands, white sands and azure blue seas - a view rivalling much more exotic destinations.
The discovery of a host of rare and exotic mushrooms spreading across the nation will be blamed on a new habitat created by gardeners' wood chippings, at a meeting of ecologists in the new year.
It's possible now, using an exotic new form of carbon called graphene. The Sun
Florida admits defeat in fight to eradicate exotic purple swamphen Records don't support Florida Lt. Gov. South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - South Florida Recipes
A grove of crotons became a magical jungle where snakes and other exotic creatures lurked, waiting to pounce.
It's not easy to see just what determines which accents will seem disgusting to someone, and which will seem merely exotic or even attractive.
The 'pseudoscope' (Wheatstone was partial to exotic forms of speech) was introduced by its professor in 1850, and is in some sort the reverse of the stereoscope, since it causes a solid object to seem hollow, and a nearer one to be farther off; thus, a bust appears to be a mask, and a tree growing outside of a window looks as if it were growing inside the room. Heroes of the Telegraph
The origin of these exotic features remains a mystery but may be due to something simple, such as the uneven upwelling of ice sheets.
The discussion whether they took him seriously or if he was only some kind of exotic amusement for them fills many books.
The Chalin sway, where Titus appears, is modeled after feudal China, and lends an exotic yet oddly familiar feel to that portion of the Entire. REVIEW:Bright Of The Sky by Kay Kenyon
The twins sheltered from the storms by learning the art of batik painting, colouring in the exotic fish between their wax outlines.
The most exotic thing she ever made was pavlova.
These are heated by bark and horse manure and grow up to 300 exotic vegetables and fruit.
To this fusion are added Gothic style elements in the legs (a rounded arch above and a trefoil below each), colorful French ceramics with a Moorish flavor, and exotic serpents on either side of the ceramic cylinder.
I had the opportunity to shoot scads of quality target pistols, including the S&W Model 41, various High Standards, Brownings and exotic European models.
Most of us have an exotic plant that will need some protection to get it through the next few months. Times, Sunday Times
Andy Ricker, who won the 2011 James Beard award for best chef in the Northwest, shops the stalls of Hmong farmers at his Portland, Oregon, market to find fiddlehead ferns, vegetables like "phak khanaa" or Chinese broccoli, exotic, untranslatable herbs and crucial ingredients like cilantro root for the innovative Asian cuisine he turns out at his restaurant Pok Pok. Chefs talk about unusual farmers market finds
Imagine a snow-white bowl of yoghurt topped with this glistening, exotic conserve.
Most are bizarre and interesting, but they often lack the hardiness and exotic colors of the coral fishes.
Recent investigations have shown that macrophyte communities can be highly diverse but also may include a large proportion of exotic species. Coastal lagoon
As in Hawaii, one of the most invasive and damaging exotics is the guava plant, which covers more than 12% of the farm area of the biggest island in the group.
Now pubs stock a wide range of soft drinks varying from the traditional fizzy drinks to exotic fruit juices like cranberry, mango and passion-fruit.
Less exotic but perhaps more useful has been my discovery of dry vermouth as a cooking ingredient. Times, Sunday Times
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The yam bean's crisp, juicy quality - and the idea of eating the tuber raw - struck the Tongans as exotic and peculiar.
It also has hybrids of the two, as well as the indigenous false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii) and five exotic species: South American caiman (Caiman crocodilus), New Guinea freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae), Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis), broad-spouted caiman Chapter 7
I couldn't resist a magical, exotic pale pink patisserie creation that almost defies description.
And busy Americans have never been fussy about the qualifications of even the most exotic panjandrum. Magic and Mayhem
Battle Beasts and Villains - Compete in aerial 'dogfights', evade man-eating plants and battle exotic animals, such as giant anacondas and ferocious crocodiles. PSP World
Spice rack of a wine, rather exotic. Concentrated aromas of tar, spices and currants.
Blending green, rooty vetiver and languid exotic flowers fagraea, tiare, ylang-ylang, the perfumer achieved a striking yang-yin, darkness-light sort of contrast of earthy, practically dirty and creamy-floral notes. Archive 2009-01-01
She peered through the glass walls of the vivarium at over a dozen intertwined snakes, boasting all sorts of exotic colors and markings. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment
A more exotic model posits the existence of small black holes not far from the supermassive one at the galactic center.
Outward-bound is an exotic form of physical education. It has been rapidly expanding in the last few years.
‘An exotic, exclusive romantic flower which is the symbol of long life,’ is how the anthurium has been described by floriculturists.
The garden includes a conservatory for growing exotic plants. Times, Sunday Times
The name sounds like an exotic woman; maybe the name of some foreign thriller in the movie house. Alan W. Silberberg: Oldest Tech, Newest Hero?
When those folks visit, I never ever make anything complicated or exotic coz u know they'd never appreciate your efforts. From your blogs: Punjabi Gobhi and Avocado Parathas
Holidays in hot and tropical climes can carry a risk of exotic diseases. Times, Sunday Times
My eyes were drawn to the exotic colors of beautiful gowns and glittering jewels the Thai ladies wore.
Lush courtyard gardens host exotic plants. Times, Sunday Times
We were soon to meet Gerard Starkey, aka Ged, a man who, like Alex Stein in London, would provide me with an exotic tour of his city.
The stealing of exotic breeds of chicken comes amid a wider rise in rustling, particularly pedigree animals. Times, Sunday Times
As exotic and exciting as the double handshake was the sorghum beer handed around in mud pots.
Bathing in the Dead Sea, which has a beneficial high mineral content, is one exotic alternative.
Company reports resemble glossy fashion magazines and the pastel-coloured web pages are frequently adorned with pictures of exotic flowers and fruits.
Consumers are increasingly choosing premium foods and exotic flavours as their tastes change.
The engines of tomorrow's PCs may be based not on silicon dioxide but on exotic new compounds such as perovskite oxide or even the stuff of life itself, DNA.
This is the world that three men will leave behind as they embark on a mission of faith and passion in Annam, an exotic land in the Far East. Le Colonial: Summary and book reviews of Le Colonial by Kien Nguyen.
She spoke Galactic with an exotic accent and in a voice that was strong, melodious and full of authority.
Besides the difference in social register, the setting is also removed from tradition-bound England and is now the exoticized Far East.
And, whereas King forged an alliance with the Democrats, Loury is a member of an exotic breed.
Pieta lifted her brows slightly as he spoke, for fearful though she was, she knew not her true heritage and had never been told from where she inherited her exotic looks.
To one side is flowering vegetation and to the other an alert exotic bird shrieks from a ball finial beside a potted berried bush and a teapot, insects and butterflies whirl above.
Andrew MuellerOnce upon a time, there was an amazing Channel 4 show called Lost no, not that one, in which teams were dumped, blindfolded, in exotic places and obliged to make their way back to London by hook, crook or improvised coracle. TV highlights 21/07/2011: Torchwood: Miracle Day | The Killing | John Oliver's New York | BBC Proms 2011: Mark Elder Conducts The Hallé | Art Of Survival | Shameless US
Exotics such as cotton palms and African mahoganies which are favoured by the turtle and Barbary doves, should be avoided.
The smallness of her universe melted away and she saw herself traveling — through exotic lands she so longed to see, to the coasts of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic seas, to the vast deserts of the African continent, where the lions sprawled among the trees, and elephants tromped the veldt. Second Chance
The manufacture of a SADA II requires a demanding assortment of technologies - dealing with exotic materials, microelectronics, high vacuum, structure, and cryogenics.
At most handicrafts exhibitions, exotically designed folding fans are invariably among the interesting articles on display in the stalls.
The most exotic species of native wildlife that I expect to see in my garden is a plastic gnome.
As in the rival game, you wander around exotic cities and meet characters with their own stories to tell. Times, Sunday Times
Twenty species are available, including American varieties and exotic types like zebrawood, padauk, and wenge.
The former work is rather seductive, thanks in part to the coos of the vocalists and also because of the exotic tones of the marimbas, glockenspiels, and metallophone.
And like all exotic food, the taste of snake apparently resembles that of chicken.
There was no mention made of the fact that the beaver is a native North American species whereas the cherry trees are exotics, imported from Japan.
She went to glamorous parties and enjoyed exotic holidays. Times, Sunday Times
Where other anthropologists exoticised or patronised, Firth humanised the people about whom he wrote.
She fascinated me with talk of rolfing, reiki, hollotropic breathing and other exotic phenomena.
I was excited by the romantic exoticism of the play, but it was also a little quaint and stagy.
For most of its nations, the tomato was such an exotic fruit that it deserved a noble title.
Mr. Jackson converted a rustic red barn into a herpetarium with displays for a dozen exotic and venomous snakes, including a Burmese python and a monocled cobra.
Some of the inspiration for this move came from botanists who had travelled to the tropics and other exotic locations.
According to Bu-Ah-Kui's chatelaine, Hsiao Shu-hua, the place is bopping until three or four in the morning, serving up a stunning variety of conventional and exotic foods.
Normally I would hop on a bus to get me back home, but this time I decide I'd walk, up the hills and down the valleys one day I'll get lucky (or buy the right equipment) The curlew is a bird that has captured my imagination since I was a child, we used to travel by bus each Thursday afternoon (along the road in the second picture) to school swimming lessons and from the bus I could see the curlews with their scythe like beaks striding through the rough pasture, they seemed very exotic to me. Uphilldowndale
There are big profits to be made in the international exotic bird trade.
Exotic Menu 1. Arabian Night - mix together chilli con carne, mango chutney, sultanas and chopped walnuts. 2.
Sometimes primitive or exotic art is not far away across oceans, but within our own nation.
Do film-makers just make use of the kookaburra to conjure up exotic tropical atmosphere - or are there birds with similar calls?
The death's-head, a forbiddingly charismatic insect with a distinctive skull pattern on its thorax, has been sighted along the south coast at Arne, Dorset, and in Plymouth, Devon, in what is proving to be a vintage autumn for exotic migratory moths. Indian summer sees exotic moths fly in
Her portrait on the back cover is as enticing and exotic as the pink cloudberry sorbet on the front cover.
There was a carnation in his buttonhole, and Hannah was holding an exotic corsage. DEATH SPEAKS SOFTLY
There's your basic brown variety, Pullman's specialty, but also chic French green lentils (lentils du puy), teensy beansy Indian red lentils and exotic black beluga lentils. Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: America's Got Lentils
Exotic birds: a toucan, a bateleur eagle, something called a shrike. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
Meanwhile, a raven - haired Magyar concert violinist adds an exotic love interest to an already enthralling narrative.
Flavour your favourite dishes with exotic herbs and spices.
He sent a basket of exotic fruit and a card.
The horse Exotic Wood was unbeaten in five starts.
These can then be yoked together in exotic combinations, rather like accumulator bets.
Adventurous herbalists like to experiment with basil, oregano and rosemary, also including the more exotic plants like sweet woodruff, lemon grass and borage.
Today the contest is held within strict bounds and has become one of the most exotic spectacles in the Imperial calendar.
Roughly around midnight the disco music stopped and a chain of exotic dancers paraded onto the floor.
While they talked, Telli and Setisia examined the room, its exotic decor and its occupants.
Vincenzo's selection of salads includes several tempting pasta salads as well as more exotic items such as tabbouleh.
This exotic combination is followed by a complete contrast of sound in the succeeding galliard, or Gailliarde as it is spelt in the score.
Aware that even loyal ordinary tea drinkers are being tempted by exotica like jasmine tea and Earl Grey, tea makers are being forced to focus marketing activities on their premium brands.
There is also an exotic range of cocktails, mocktails, wine, and after-dinner liqueurs.
The texture of the revolving bowl and the softness of the reflection convert the view into an eighteenth century aquatint in which motor cars seem as delicate and exotica as sedan chairs.
Premium ingredients include exotic Blue Lotus, L-Arginine, Horny Goat weed, Damania Leaf and Maca Root.
In exchange, they brought silks from China and exotic goods from distant Europe.
It had taken the people of Chaldis the whole of three months to build new homes, remove a square mile of forest, plant some unnecessary crops of exotic and luxurious fruits, re-lay a river, and demolish a hill which offended their aesthetic sensibilities. Tales of Ten Worlds
The holsters are hand-stitched using the finest leather, horsehide, cowhide, sharkskin and exotics like ostrich and stingray.
Or it might be trips or conferences in exotic locales, often with a heavy emphasis on play rather than work.
They come in five exotic fruity flavours and for a chance to win a pack just go to facebook. The Sun
But once the oaks die, grasses and exotics, like Scotch broom, will seed in aggressively, provoking a hotter flame.
In his book Orientalism, Edward Said points out that foreign cultures are set up as being different, backward and separate by the unconscious desire to mystify and exoticise their behaviour, history and geography.
The colour combination gives an exotic appearance, setting this daffodil apart from others.
There was a carnation in his buttonhole, and Hannah was holding an exotic corsage. DEATH SPEAKS SOFTLY
Talk moves to what he loves to do most: scuba dive in exotic locations. Times, Sunday Times
The winding Sepik river in Papua New Guinea has jungle, tribes and exotic wood carvings. River Journeys
But for those who missed it all, I can tell you that the stewardesses were very hard-bodied, their girdles twanged satisfactorily when tweaked by hard-bodied men and they did have a lot of sex in exotic locations. TV review: Garrow's Law; Come Fly With Me - the Story of Pan Am
It's written in a kind of pastiche nineteenth-century style, complete with faux-Spanish exotic syncopations, melody and harmony (falling tetrachords, augmented seconds).
There was a kind of safety here that she found as exotic as a dogwood and as beautiful.
Some of the most exotic devices have attracted serious interest in military circles.
The Orchid House offers the visitors a captivating display of exotic blooms of cattleya, dendrobium, arachnis, oncidium, phalaenopsis, vandal and their hybrids.
With its ebullience of baroque form and boldly patterned marquetry made of exotic woods, mother-of-pearl and ivory, the stand includes the delightful illusion that an embroidered cloth has been flung across the top.
Singapore's exotic mix of cultures - mostly Chinese, Indian, and Malay - makes it a fascinating holiday destination.
How this fruit is cultivated, harvested, and cured determines the flavor of the final product, and we learn about the hedonics -- the sensual nuances -- of this exotic and temperamental element. Boing Boing
They wanted to portray the Picts as alien as possible just look at the paintings of stark naked Picts with tattoes everywhere, and since male succession was the norm in most of known history, matrilinear looked pretty exotic. The Female Royal Line: matrilineal succession amongst the Picts?
Many vegetables and herbs are highly ornamental, and potagers have become an art form in themselves, with patterns of exotically coloured salad plants and brassicas being displayed within neatly clipped box hedges.
A crypto-exotic, by contrast, is a hadron that does not have an exotic quantum number, but does not have a meson or baryon body plan either.
"What do you think the average Japanese kid thinks about America's, you know, exoticized fascination with Japan?"
To go with the exotic fare were brinji rice, vegetable noodles, Mexican rice, steamed basmati rice, curd rice, pappads and pickles.
Exotic Menu 1. Arabian Night - mix together chilli con carne, mango chutney, sultanas and chopped walnuts. 2.
Rarely in the history of art have little boys or exotic animals been portrayed as sensual odalisques.
Tonal mists begird the senses like thick, expanding fog, as the sparse calls of exotic birds and invisible creatures enhances the presence of this tenebrous abode of tranquility.
It is a style that is rooted in tradition and the exotic, yet reflects the dynamism of modern urbanity.
All those wonderfully exotic names like dicastery, nuncio, sostituto, consistory, etc. Globe and Mail
Find out which of these are native plants and which are exotic (or nonnative).
His usual mix of solid blue chips looked pretty pedestrian beside my more exotic naps. Times, Sunday Times
Some of this unique breed of bunk-up hail from a more-is-more school of interior design, festooned with rich fabrics and loaded with exotic embellishments. Juliet Kinsman: Morocco Forte (PHOTOS)
If he were a plant, he'd be an exotic cactus.
He is also a fanatic birder, the kind who has devoted his life to seeking out rare and exotic avifauna from pole to pole.
The new infrared echo indicates the Cassiopeia A neutron star is active and suggests it may be an exotic, spastic type of object called a magnetar.
Gertrude Stein's works can be regarded as an exotic flower in the garden of Western literature.
He likes the bird with exotic plumage.
The story goes that a local eccentric who built a huge house on the shore complete with caves, underground passages and exotic animals in the grounds, sailed one across the lake during a storm.
These packages add custom color metallic paint, custom color Nappa leather interior and exotic burl walnut trim.
After visiting Ceylon, Dorrington settled near London, and published a misleading account of allegedly exotic colonial hard-ships as an orchardist, which Stephens in Australia exposed and derided. Archive 2009-04-01
The medieval pottery and iron tools speak more of hard work and modest prosperity than of exotic trade links.
Finally, there are a lot of hospitals to visit in Gaza, a lot of doctors to talk to, about basics, and about exotic targeteer erotica -- DIME effect, WP effect, and so on. Wampum
He sent a basket of exotic fruit and a card.
However, there are also many new formulas employing herbs and exotic flavorings, such as elderflower syrup.
Take away the power to waiver; force them to follow the law. similarly bernanke had the ability to choke the exotic mortgages but failed to regulate. madoff was exposed but nothing happened. etc. Matthew Yglesias » Regulating Leverage is More Important than Regulating Bubbles
And they served globe artichokes with vinaigrette and ratatouille which was regarded as exotic fare! THE IMAGE OF LAURA
It came as a bit of a surprise to find that Fox is neither a rebellious teenager nor on some kind of exotic substance.

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