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Example sentences for "curious fact"

  • It is a curious fact that, in spite of their cross-grained nature, they are very easily tamed.

  • It is a curious fact that a grain of seed, introduced into the stomach, may be digested without alteration, and ejected where it will germinate, if it meets with no obstacle to its vegetation.

  • Later on in this chapter we shall explain the reason for this curious fact.

  • It is a curious fact that a native name for the creature is "Pottos" (cf.

  • I say this is a curious fact in natural history, and it seems a sort of retaliatory principle established between these two kinds of reptiles, as if they ate one another's offspring en revanche.

  • It is, in fact, the farthest point to the north-east that these animals range, and this presents us with a curious fact.

  • This is a curious fact, because it is a different arrangement from that made by nature in the forests of North America.

  • Indeed, it is a curious fact, that in all parts of the world some stimulating vegetable is used by the human race.

  • It is, however, a curious fact, that when the fall of Anne Bullen was decided on, Rome eagerly prepared a reunion with the papacy, on terms too flattering for Henry to have resisted.

  • This knowledge was absolutely necessary, as appears by a curious fact in Strype's Life of Whitgift.

  • In Fuller's Church History there is a curious fact, showing the power of superstition over even such a man as Wolsey.

  • Peterkin, as usual, was jesting; nevertheless, it is a curious fact that he spoke almost the literal truth.

  • Although Papin was thus the inventor of the safety-valve, it is a curious fact that he did not apply it to the steam-machine which he subsequently invented, but adopted another expedient.

  • And here is a curious fact: The hand of the opposite sex will produce effects on the genitals of the other which will not be produced in any other way.

  • And here is a curious fact, which would seem to show that Mother Nature has especially provided a blissful reward for both the husband and wife who will be careful on this point.

  • It is a curious fact, and bears strong testimony to the efficiency of the public schools, that while they have increased by 69 during the year, the private schools have decreased by 36.

  • It is a curious fact that, though Whitefield was forbidden to preach in Newgate Prison, Bristol, Wesley was admitted.

  • It is a curious fact, that, Whitefield never mentions this erection till it was ready to be opened.

  • This is a curious fact, and one easily observable.

  • A curious fact is the result--not only do the raps reveal themselves as the productions of intelligent action, they also manifest intelligence in response to any particular rhythm or code which might be demanded.

  • I content myself with merely stating this curious fact, without allowing myself to draw any conclusions therefrom; it appears to me to offer a striking example of that apparent spontaneity, which psychical phenomena sometimes present.

  • With the ball and handles, of which I gave a description, I once observed a curious fact.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    artillery officer; being bound; came rushing; curious case; curious coincidence; curious custom; curious enough; curious expression; curious fact; curious feeling; curious instance; curious little; curious look; curious mixture; curious sensation; curious smile; curious story; curiously enough; even down; going home; large dish; life size; little band; sharp report; three friends; when required