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Example sentences for "curious little"

  • A curious little bit of social history,' said Elsmere.

  • A day or two later he was the spectator of a curious little scene.

  • Then there was a curious little epilogue.

  • Then Sewell made a curious little gesture.

  • It usually is," and Leger looked at him with a curious little smile.

  • Hetty, with a curious little inflection in her voice.

  • The major carried a riding whip, and there was a curious little smile in his eyes, while the rest had sticks, though in accordance with his instructions they made no display of them.

  • The girl looked at him with a curious little glow in her eyes.

  • Harper seconded him ably, for there was, as usual with his countrymen, no diffidence in him; and Appleby wondered whether there was any reason for Miss Harding's curious little smile.

  • Violet turned her eyes on him, and there was a curious little smile in them.

  • Captain Maccario; and the Spaniard made a curious little gesture as he glanced at Appleby.

  • His head and neck moved somewhat stiffly, in curious little jerks, and his legs, although they were very white, were rather a curious shape.

  • Cara at once went forward, and, after examining her with a superior air, gave a curious little grunt, which meant that he wished to be friends.

  • And Jack's face lighted up with honest enthusiasm, while his voice took on a curious little tremble.

  • He held out his hand to Irene with a curious little gesture.

  • Jacinta turned to him with a curious little smile in her eyes.

  • Then Niven sighed a little and Appleby looked at him with a curious little smile.

  • Somebody roared out orders on the quay above, paddles splashed, and the lad felt his heart give a curious little throb as the Aldebaran slowly commenced to move.

  • Well," said Winston with a curious little smile, "wheat as a topic is not quite new to me.

  • Then he rose up with a curious little shake of his shoulders.

  • Courthorne appeared to consider a moment, and there was a curious little glint in his eyes which did not escape his companion's attention, but he laughed.

  • Dom Clemente leaned forward with his arms on the table, and looked at her with a curious little smile.

  • Then he laid down the letter, and turned to his companions with a curious little laugh.

  • He broke off for a moment with a curious little laugh.

  • Nares looked at him with a curious little smile.

  • Rambling amid the woods, even in the neighbourhood of settlements, we may occasionally come upon a curious little animal, with a party-coloured coat and bushy tail, and an amiable and gentle appearance.

  • It was at least a minute before he slipped it into his pocket with a curious little laugh.

  • In the meanwhile, his sole comrade, Jimmy, who assisted him to loaf the greater part of every day away, watched him with a curious little smile.

  • Brooke felt a curious little thrill of anticipation, but it was the girl with the brown eyes he glanced at.

  • Then there was silence for a moment, and she was sensible of a curious little thrill as a man who held a violin came forward into the blaze of light.

  • Lady Dalrymple lifted her head, and stared at him with parted lips and flushed face, and a curious little movement of her hand like horror.

  • On April 19 I had gone from Gap to visit Embrun, a curious little town in the Alpes Dauphinoises.

  • After tea she said, 'Auntie, I have a curious little story I want to tell you,' and she told her what she had seen.

  • Well," said Witham with a curious little smile, "wheat as a topic is not quite new to me.

  • Alton rose as her father and Seaforth came in, with a curious little inclination of his head which came well from him.

  • No," said Deringham, with a curious little laugh.

  • Deringham rose and looked down on her with a curious little smile.

  • Alice Deringham felt a curious little quiver in her fingers as she waited the answer.

  • Next, a migration is made to the liver of the snail where birth is given to, from fifteen to twenty, curious little heart-shaped organisms each with a tail about twice as long as its body.

  • The fresh water shrimp is a curious little creature, sometimes he paddles his three pairs of hind legs and sometimes he jerks his body in a ludicrous manner, in either case he manages to propel himself rapidly through the water.

  • The Sea Lemon or Doris is a curious little creature, worthy of examination.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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