How To Use Unusual In A Sentence

Other unusual finds include a couple of chinchillas and 16 dogs that had been left in the Louisiana State University Medical Center, Bafalis says.
An unusual colour for me, since my dad had brown eyes and my mum had greeny blue.
Having worked himself into this ridiculous kind of phrensy, which lasted, perhaps, from twenty to thirty seconds, he suddenly discontinued it, and suffered his features to relax into their natural form; but the motion of his head seemed to have so stupified him, as indeed it well might, that there remained an unusual vacancy and a drowsy stare upon his countenance for some time afterward. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
Clearly, this is a river bank and it is not unusual to see rats on a river bank.
His range of effects is unusually eloquent; there is something of the monoprint to them, as well as elements of the Surrealist techniques of decalcomania and frottage.

It is not unusual to find substances in illegal drugs that are much more harmful than the drugs themselves.
Radiographs of the fingertips of rock climbers, for example, show unusual bony spurs and thickened phalanges.
To see a funeral car hit a pub is something very unusual. The Sun
These species are under an unusual selection regime in that their hosts are often isogenic and planted in monoculture.
The prominent winds and brass, and unusual sonorities like the harsh Chinese cymbals that convey Hippolyt's disgust at Phaedra's advances, increase the piece's hard-edge quality. Divided Inside, in Theme and Structure
The synagogue is renowned for its bright white exterior and lion-headed gargoyles, which are unusual because animal forms are rarely used in Jewish art.
The rear cargo hatch is unusually generous for this size car and with the back seats folded you can get a flat load floor, with a top load capacity of 1,044 litres.
The flavours intermingle to produce a very unusual taste.
But my eyesight," I asked, "how do you account for its unusual penetrativeness? Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch
`Christmas is Christmas," he said to me -- unusually communicative. THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND
It occurs to me that this may be, at least in part, because they are unusually unskillful and unsceptical users of the medium.
The haircut is merely the latest stage in his curious and unusual battle to avoid overexposure.
It does not matter that they are unusual, unexpected, unforeseen and unforeseeable.
This can lead to reduced coral growth, inability to recover from hazards like cyclones, smothering of coral by sediment, fish poisoning and unusually high growth rates for organisms that overgrow coral or support its rivals.
He had been feeling drowsy, the effect of an unusually heavy meal.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Vocab from The Varieties of Religious Experience aseity the property by which a being exists of and from itself; usually used in connection to God apodictic Necessarily or demonstrably true; incontrovertible.concatenated To connect or link in a series or chain.decide Of course, I already knew the definition; it's hardly an unusual word. Archive 2005-08-01
The island is an unusual crescent shape with a steep spine that looks down over sheer cliffs on to the sea. Times, Sunday Times
This kind of unusual elephant feather same material length approximately 0.8 centimeter.
Designers use floral in monotones with unusual checks and stripes, silky and lustrous finishes, transparence and illusion placements with a hint of skin in the collection.
Her insight into clinical situations was combined with an unusual capacity for personal support. Times, Sunday Times
They are a quirky and unusual way to display flowers. Times, Sunday Times
It is not merely that she is eloquent and articulate; she is also unusually shrewd and intelligent.
The early Mesozoic was dominated by ferns, cycads, ginkgophytes, bennettitaleans, and other unusual plants.
Terms of more than ninety days are not unusual. SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets
It creates a startling atmosphere of intensity and highly unusual inwardness - sometimes disturbing - and makes it utterly distinct from anything in Western dance and theatre.
Istria is planted with around 3,000 hectares of Malvazija, a white grape variety that, in the case of western Istria producer Roxanich, produces a white wine with a copper gold color, an unusual nose with notes of marzipan, a slight sherried character and a tangy minerality. Discovering Classic Croatia
The adult ovary may present marked deviations from its typical form, sometimes being unusually long, spheroidal, flattened, triangular, crescentric, or otherwise irregular.
A houdah on the animal, besides being unusually large, was of crimson and gold. Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ
The Danish government gave the Association permission to purchase food from Danish sources and to import foodstuffs from neutral countries for reshipment to needy prisoners of war (this permission was highly unusual given the tight blockade that the Allies imposed on Denmark to prevent the trans-shipment of food to Germany). Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I
Their music is firmly rooted in the Irish tradition but also encompasses an unusual blend of hot jazz, bluegrass and baroque.
News of the unusual discovery is stirring up a tempest among scientists, who are studying the storm to find out how it formed.
Blood-streaked sputum and hemoptysis are not unusual in later stages of illness.
Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Infarction: An Unusual Complication of Posterior Spinal Fusion Surgery in an Adolescent with Idiopathic Scoliosis.
When he left, AEW took the unusual step of outsourcing to Tristan the management of two funds that Mr. Lewis had been running at AEW. U.K. Property Deal Puts Focus on Secondary Markets
Even though most such oxen are used for plowing, which is forbidden in the Sabbatical year, it is not unusual for someone to buy an ox for its meat.
Performance is somewhat slow, but this is not unusual for filters doing complex calculations.
He said that the exceptional permission for the unusual ceremony had been granted because his grandmother had herself served as a Wren.
Unusually long strands of carbon fibre from the outer shell trailed down from the hull. Times, Sunday Times
Pavilions of Splendour is the brainchild of Gwyn Headley who says the idea was born from a growing demand for unusual properties.
Ordinary working with unusual attitude to complete, simple questions to use a comprehensive thinking to decision, the matter will look at the way, distant ideal rely on real efforts to achieve.
Their unusual protest was organised after they were banned from bringing in banners and placards. The Sun
Pasgen allowed himself to be divested of three of the amulets he had marked because to fail to chaffer would also mark him as unusual; however, he was growing impatient and finally made as if to throw down the amulets he was holding and walk away. Ill Met By Moonlight
Single crystals of two or more different colours are not uncommon, making unusual multicoloured faceted stones.
Success attended him, and the pacha, his predecessor, having in his opinion, as well as in that of the sultan, remained an unusual time in office, by an accusation enforced by a thousand purses of gold, he was enabled to produce a bowstring for his benefactor; and the sultan's "firmaun" appointed him to the vacant pachalik. The Pacha of Many Tales
Its most unusual feature, however, is its dentition: it was regarded by its describers as being heterodont. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
Courts will only interfere with a spending decision of a public authority in the most unusual circumstances.
It however set one of table mates to engage in the unusual act of thinking.
Boats fostered unusually intimate encounters because of the enforced idleness of travel and because of their physical isolation.
And to this change I object: the meaning was obvious before; "lorded" stands clearly enough here for made lord of or over, etc.; and though the expression is unusual, it is less prosaic than the proposed word The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860
The southern hemisphere winter is turning unusually cold. Times, Sunday Times
The ordinary manipulation of the shoulder can be accomplished with the patient lying down; but if special conditions, such as articular stiffening, call for unusual care or unusual force, it will be found best to treat the shoulder with the patient seated. Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria
The poems come to us across a great chronological and cultural divide, and the reader is reminded of this fact by the occasional archaic word and by the unusual compounding, both of which impart a faintly disorienting tone.
Through an unusual jointure, announced in October, it became the dance programming division of the Trust.
However, thus far in 2009 we've outperformed, which is unusual for us; because so many high-quality names traded at a discount, we were more aggressive than usual in our investments. US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
As an unrepentant internet devotee, I spend a lot of time rootling around cyberspace seeking out the edifying and unusual.
By this point people are usually very capable and confident and it's unusual for them to fail.
To us it smells like burnt chilli and it is slightly unusual. Times, Sunday Times
Luck takes you to look around an unusual house. The Sun
Ordinary working with unusual attitude to complete, simple questions to use a comprehensive thinking to decision, the matter will look at the way, distant ideal rely on real efforts to achieve.
If you experience any unusual symptoms after withdrawal of the treatment then contact your doctor.
The lingual artery may provide the following unusual branches: the superior laryngeal, the submental, and the ascending palatine arteries.
The unusually hot sun has fried up the crops.
He often requires performers to play in unconventional ways or use unusual objects as instruments - in the band, players produce sounds from tuned wine glasses, tam-tams and maracas and use metal thimbles on their strings.
In the continuous working of pits, even where "tubbing" is used to keep the water out of the shaft as much as possible, the quantity of water is not unusually seven or eight times as great as that of the coal raised. The Coal Question~ Of the Cost of Coal Mining
A former legal-aid attorney, Mr Morrison is unusual in accepting, even welcoming, a liberal label.
Given their unusual appearance and extraordinary biology, it is not surprising that Asians have credited sea horses with magical powers.
I struggled out, disturbing the lazy whatsits as little as possible, and yawned my way in the general direction of the unusual sounds.
On borehole televiewer logs. An unusual effect produced on the cathode-ray tube display by erratic movement of the tool as it drags along the borehole.
It was the unusual colour of his jacket that caught my eye.
Even if you don't own a bird, these splendid cages make for unusual and decorative souvenirs with a distinctively Chinese look.
It came during the bill's committee stage, an unusual time for peers to force votes. Times, Sunday Times
Your love life may be unusually action-packed, from surprise reunions to secret plans for a first or second honeymoon. The Sun
This is, strangely enough, an unusual example of an abstract noun being masculine in Hebrew - most of them are feminine.
Mountain goats are unusual in that mild displays of aggression are especially frequent.
Fourth, they won unusually complete access to sources of information, including e-mail communications among major participants.
When a ray from a lantern (the three pedestrians of the party carried each one) fell on Mr. Moore's face, you could see an unusual, because a lively, spark dancing in his eyes, and a new-found vivacity mantling on his dark physiognomy; and when the rector's visage was illuminated, his hard features were revealed all agrin and ashine with glee. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
Secondly, it is not unusual either for many peasants to keep animals in the house, usually verr or bosk, sometimes tarsk, at least in the winter. Mercenaries Of Gor
A notable feature of the church is its unusual bell tower.
However, it's an interesting discourse on an unusual writing career.
Many parents of enuretic children report that their child sleeps more deeply than most other children and thus is unusually difficult to wake. Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems
In the meantime, the two opposing counsels continue to play a role that is unusually public.
The first obvious difference from the manga is in the appearance of the central character, Deunan, who in the manga is more-or-less a regular self-capable woman with an unusual skill for violence and mayhem, but who in the anime has become a short-haired tomboy whose fighting skills ascend to the level of gravity-defying superpowers, as she is capable of backflipping over enemy gunfire in slow-motion. Archive 2007-08-01
If obsession is about repetition and patterns of behaviour and often a means of gaining control in uncontrollable situations then the order that Jude aches to find in her life is being cleverly reflected visually in the unusual use and placing of words on the page. In Search of Adam
It also sells a wide range of household utensils as well as a selection of unusual jewellery.
Gatherings such as this always made him fuss unusually about his appearance, when he normally did not care.
As the sides of the scow were a little higher than usual, and the interior of the cabin had no more elevation than was necessary for comfort, this unusual addition had neither a very clumsy nor a very obtrusive appearance. The Deerslayer
Young physicians, trained in medical school according to an acute illness model, found Carville an unusual place.
While it might seem like the bog-standard revisionism which currently engages historians, Vinen uses unusual sources to reveal how much we credit with being credible history is tinted by pink glass.
A ligature made from an old sheet and a dressing gown cord were left in the landing and an unusual handwritten note left in the rent book.
Although I've grown my fair share of veg from the slightly more unusual end of the allotment crop market, such as cardoons, that doesn't mean I've grown all the conventional varieties you'll find on the plot.
Thus, after an expansion has been in progress for some time, an event that is not of unusual size or duration can trigger a sharp financial reaction.
It however set one of my table mates to engage in the unusual act of thinking.
The suite of unusual dental specializations suggests N. citnolodontoides is outside the N. hunteri-N. mckennai lineage, with features paralleling those seen in cimolodontid multituberculates.
The closeup is his favorite format for artistic photography, as it gives him the opportunity to portray his subjects from a more unusual point of view. Living Memories
The timetable has some unusual quirks. Times, Sunday Times
He was an unusual man with great business talents.
South American Miocene Charactosuchus, while gharial-like, has been regarded as a highly unusual crocodylid of uncertain affinities (Langston 1965, Langston & Gasparini 1997), while Euthecodon – a uniquely African taxon, some species of which approached 10 m in length – is also a crocodylid, and perhaps a close relative of the living dwarf crocodiles (and we’ll discuss those more in a moment). Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians
Ordinary working with unusual attitude to complete, simple questions to use a comprehensive thinking to decision, the matter will look at the way, distant ideal rely on real efforts to achieve.
One of the tea ladies revealed that her employer had an unusual taste in beverages as he enjoyed his cup of tea with a spoonful of honey.
Several distinctive ungulate herbivores are endemic to this hotspot, including the takin (Budorcas taxicolor, VU), an unusual 300-kilogram goat antelope, the red or Bailey's goral (Nemorhaedus baileyi, VU), which is endemic to the Gaoligong Shan, and the Chinese forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii). Biological diversity in the mountains of Southwest China
a male secretary/nurse/model or a woman/female doctor/barrister/driver. However this is now not usually used unless you need to emphasize which sex the person is, or it is still unusual for the job to be done by a man/woman:My daughter prefers to see a woman doctor.
Nevertheless, the immense size of its larynx or thropple, which William dissected out and brought with him to England, seems to indicate vast powers of voice in this animal; but I am at a loss to conjecture why it should be provided either with this unusual capability of "blaring," or with the exceedingly strong whiskers that arm its muzzle, organs which, though nominally of little or no importance except in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829
Unusual theatre from around the world including workshops on puppetry and storytelling with the body. Times, Sunday Times
The ads promote a quick physical exam, called palpation, in which doctors feel for unusual lumps in the thyroid, a small gland in the front of the neck. NYT > Home Page
But what makes the melody haunting is its unusual structure. Times, Sunday Times
Mr. Hall's pedigree is unusual for a politician: He was a member of the successful 1970s band Orleans, and was able to draw on a network of fellow musicians to raise campaign funds and raise his profile. Swing District in Motion Again
There are a few unusual skin conditions in the elderly that can cause blistering. The Sun
In one example from Hayward California, a well-known marijuana patient with an unusual immune disease died from repeated exposure to the miticide Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
But this year, why not chuck out the chintzy trailing lobelias, begonias, marigolds and petunias, and go for something a little more unusual?
Electroforms have been used as flexible joints, hermetic seals, electromagnetic shields, and other special functions, and have long provided designers with unusual shapes.
It is unusual to make a dedication of something as ephemeral as a column. Times, Sunday Times
An unusual pairing during Art Basel Miami Beach was the jointly held event between Pringle of Scotland, the design house for Scottish woolies, and Serpentine Gallery, one of the most respected galleries in London. Kiša Lala: ART AND FASHION: Pringle Of Scotland And London's Serpentine Gallery Collaborate To Promote Scottish Artists
These forests are home to other unusual and endangered species, including the Asiatic jackal and silvered langur, many of which have also disappeared from Laos.
Some of the unusual runes on the Kensington Rune Stone turn out to belong to the secret tradesmen's version of the alphabet.
There is no shortage of choice, a good variety of butterflyfish, an unusual striped damselfish, puffers and a shoal of small barracuda.
The swoony new British film My Summer of Love conveys this phenomenon with unusual power.
As a result, enterprise networks, distributed network management, and unusual software applications were implemented in parallel worldwide.
History A meadow which has been managed for hay for at least 800 years as a result of an unusual form of land tenure. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
Dean says the theft of her laptop was one of a number of unusual events that took place during her investigations.
Most of the key components of the digital computing environment exhibit the same unusual economic behaviors that chips do. THE STRATEGY MACHINE
The '265 patent discusses the unusual stereoselectivity of the biological properties as between the dextrorotatory and the levorotatory enantiomers. Patent Baristas
At the third month of pregnancy a hard extrauterine tumor was found, which was gradually increasing in size and extending to the left side of the hypogastrium, the associate symptoms of pregnancy, sense of pressure, pain, tormina, and dysuria, being unusually severe. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
One of the unusual things about this particular storm was that it was a southerly gale and not one of the usual westerlies that tend to affect the south of Britain.
Applications to strike out for want of prosecution have become the common diet of the courts, but there are two unusual features of the present case.
These experiences left him unusually free of bitterness or resentment. Times, Sunday Times
It is an unusual design of ship, a collier with engine-room aft and wheelhouse amidships.
We had an unusually talky audience with which to watch it: the old guy behind me kept thinking out loud, like, 'Oh, it's raining' and 'Where are they going?'
He was in an unusually chatty mood.
During that morning, however, something unusual was happening in the skies to the west and north-west of Ballyhaunis.
Afterlife energy is an unusual strand running through the life after death debate.
In the studio David Gower, Mike Atherton and Ian Botham lurked around an unusually small cardboard coffee table looking oddly bleached-out, a sense of ghostliness accentuated by the ever-present World Cup logo with its backdrop of faceless, baying cartoon figures set against a glaring firestorm of a sky, like a Soviet-era depiction of some future cricketing apocalypse. India's future is so bright they gotta wear shades | Barney Ronay
I also got a nifty looking new phone for 20 leva which is good because I have heard from more than one current volunteer that going through two phones is not unusual. Archive 2008-01-01
The current conditions are unusual but not unique. Times, Sunday Times
Formerly a hotel, it has six en-suite bedrooms, four other bedrooms, an integral garage and, unusually, a recording studio.
I hoped to discover which were best suited to my Gloucestershire patch, and to come up with new and unusual planting combinations. Times, Sunday Times
The chemical structure of this particular molecule is very unusual.
The presence of the caddisfly Homophylax baldur is unusual as it is found only in the national park and the State of Utah. Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada
Be prepared instead for some rather more unusual ways of adorning nature such as spikes for hedges and fences, and decorative chokers and collars for branches or you could even crown the bean poles with a conical finial pot.
The world has been mourning a courageous and unusual man. Times, Sunday Times
Some linebackers are available in the draft, but they must be unusually speedy to play in this system.
I have the most unusual dipping sauce recipe for mizutaki or Chinese styled hotpot (Asian fondue) that uses fresh tarragon. Sukiyaki at Kappo
He was unusually articulate for a ten-year-old.
We say The first coat was a bit streaky but after two the unusual rust colour looked great. Times, Sunday Times
Ordinary working with unusual attitude to complete, simple questions to use a comprehensive thinking to decision, the matter will look at the way, distant ideal rely on real efforts to achieve.
I am in a village two miles from the sea, checking out its unusual round church tower. Times, Sunday Times
An unusual feature of the month was the frequency of strong winds, with gale gusts recorded at most stations.
Their kitchen is painted an unusual shade of yellow/an unusual yellow shade.
And just briefly skimming what I can find on counterintuition on the net, it seems that treatment of counterintuitive statements in terms of, effectively, pseudo-propositions, is an unusual characterization. Archive 2005-01-01
These are called broadaxes, named for their unusually wide cutting edge.
Although Kelley O'Connor lists herself as a mezzo-soprano, she has a rich, incredibly deep voice that is quite unusual.
EU members were unusually outspoken in appearances before the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying they were worried about preparations for a global racism conference to be held next month because attention was being diverted from the real problems of racial discrimination. EU countries oppose Muslim views on racism meeting
Or you accidentally stumble across some unusual snapshots from his overseas " business trip.
The unusual surface textures of fossil cycads have been interesting curiosities to collectors for a long time.
What's going on here is that the stasis dermatitis ended up ulcerating on both ankles, a not unusual circumstance (I just found out that my maternal grandfather suffered from the same issue with dermatitis, and he used to end up with ulcerations constantly, so I guess I'm fortunate.) Yes, it's Twitter stuff again
It would seem unusual for an orthodox Jew such as James, as he has been shown to have been by Robert Eisenman, et al.
Plato would certainly have found the structure of C60 - an expanded dodecahedron, which is about as close to a sphere as you can get - to be an unusually beautiful body. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996 - Presentation Speech
The ratio of adjectives to total word tokens in that effective snippet of prose, by the way, is an unusually high 40 percent.
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn
When the weather is calm, take a stroll around the unusual island. Times, Sunday Times
Bernard was not content with careful exegesis and orthodox doctrine - there is also an unusual fervency and passion in the sermons.
Cosmology and astrophysics are branches of physics in which one needs an unusual combination of breadth and depth to excel.
As a result, a line of people waited overnight for a seat in the gallery, a highly unusual occurrence for the Supreme Court.
Marbled Murrelets are unusual among the alcids in that they molt to cryptic-brown plumage during the breeding season.
But with the holiday coming Wednesday, TV football now seems unusually full of salutes the U.S. military — led by Fox's two-hour NFL pregame being staged from the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan Sunday. Fox, ESPN take shows to military
Some unusual instruments are also included in the ensemble for comical colour, such as the French accordion.
West of Eden is an unusual take on life in the gilded cage. Times, Sunday Times
Subtract 588 pounds of fuel, and you'd be left with a 512-pound allowance, not an unusual payload among big-bore four-seaters.
Nor is it obvious that there is something unusually corrupt about the culture in banking generally. Times, Sunday Times
An unusually weak and feeble recovery? Times, Sunday Times
The problem claiming the allowance stems from Grace's unusual conception and birth.
lightning produced an unusual union of the metals
There was nothing unusual about any of this and no doubt the hooligan gangs of both clubs were eager for more trouble after the game.
Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.
Descartes employs the term ingenium to mean both an unusual capability to dis - cover the truth (viz., new truths) and a special talent Dictionary of the History of Ideas
It's not unusual for a movie to incite a buzz among cinephiles.
Up until the final ten minutes this has been an intelligent, witty and unusually shrewd look at the social acceptance of mixed race relationships.
= -- The term phyllomania has been vaguely applied both to the production of an unwonted number of leaves and to their development in unusual situations. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The episode looks at unusual traits animals use to survive - including ground squirrels that eat the discarded skins of snakes to mask their scent. Times, Sunday Times
There was the usual round of blood letting, some unusual apologies and yet more buck passing. Times, Sunday Times
Bohemia is known for its unusual crystal objects and deep red garnet stones.
It was soon discovered that a trainer aircraft for the conversion of pilots to this unusual and difficult type of aircraft was required.
They were unable to play with one toy or complete one task, and they engaged in unusually impulsive behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
I saw 2 Mexican girls on the street the other day in cutoffs and it was so unusual I wondered if they might be tourists. Senior dress code
Count on more of his unusual routines, such as his strenuously graceful paeans to classical opera, sung by his favorite singer.
It won't have escaped your notice that I've been unusually busy recently.
I believe that I play the game well for I am still unjaded, which is unusual with so much over-feeding. Letters of a Dakota Divorcee
There were some unusual happenings at school last week.
The French death rate was falling, but so too was its birth rate, at an unusually rapid rate.
The programme is unusually reliant on ad-libbed two-ways. Times, Sunday Times
I was this unusual child that was special in my parents' eyes - plus I was very loving with them.
As a result, pianists are required to negotiate unusual combinations of note groupings and clusters that go beyond the fingerings used in traditional scales, arpeggios and chords.
When the weather is calm, take a stroll around the unusual island. Times, Sunday Times
Its worker-centered design process and interior layout display an unusual commitment to workplace openness.
His work is unusually accessible and leavened with kindly humour. Times, Sunday Times

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