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Example sentences for "curious sensation"

  • It had grown dark rapidly that evening, and there was a curious sensation of heat in the air, great puffs coming as if from off heated metal.

  • I lay there with my sword drawn, and the knot tight about my wrist, my heart beating, and a curious sensation of dread troubling me, for I was going to face armed men for the first time in my life.

  • The blinds had been drawn up, and Philip, against his will, felt a curious sensation of relief.

  • Philip had a queer feeling in his heart, it seemed very full, it seemed to melt (the hackneyed phrases expressed precisely the curious sensation), he felt happy and anxious and expectant.

  • A curious sensation of dread came over me, and a cold damp feeling was on my brow and in the palms of my hands as the cry rose once more--a singularly doleful cry, as of some one in great peril.

  • It was a curious sensation to be there in that awful solitude, thinking of my past adventures, and wondering what the next day might bring forth.

  • Steve, hesitating; and a curious sensation of shrinking came over him.

  • Steve nodded, but he could not help a curious sensation of awe creeping over him as once more he thought of the coming six months, during which they would almost have bidden good-bye to the sun.

  • But all the time there was a curious sensation of wrong-doing worrying me, and I wished that I had not been so ready to agree.

  • Bob Chowne shuddered, and I felt a curious sensation of dread creeping over me which I tried to shake off.

  • I was beginning to wonder whether I had not been too abrupt--he gave me a curious sensation of being a man of my own age--when he produced a silver case from his pocket and opened it.

  • I had a curious sensation of having heard the voice before.

  • I had a curious sensation of being on the threshold of something wonderful and perilous.

  • It gave the boy a curious sensation which he could not define.

  • The boy, however, could not help a curious sensation of superiority as he went to his room through the sleeping-house, feeling the stillness of the slumber into which he stole, treading very quietly that he might not disturb any one.

  • The quiet and freshness gave to those who stepped into it a curious sensation of superiority to the men whom they left in the warm brightly-lit room, with its heavy atmosphere and artificial delights.

  • She hasna got ta legs for ta kilt," grumbled Long Shon, who was behind; and Max partly caught his words, and felt a curious sensation of annoyance at the disparaging remark.

  • It was a curious sensation, but, in spite of the danger, Max Blande felt no fear.

  • Yes; let's see it," said Dale eagerly, while Saxe felt a curious sensation of shrinking as he saw the guide secure one end of his rope to the nearest block of stone that stood up clear.

  • Of course," cried Saxe, speaking out firmly, though a curious sensation of shrinking came over him as he spoke.

  • Still he did not reply, and I shouted at him again in my despairing rage, for a curious sensation of weakness crept through me, and the horrible thought came that sooner or later I must let him go.

  • I believe I made other trials, but a curious sensation of weakness and confusion was coming over me, as I uttered one after the other my loud cries for help.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    curious account; curious custom; curious enough; curious example; curious fact; curious feeling; curious little; curious look; curious sensation; curious smile; curious thing; curiously enough; fatal result; fourteen guns; great shout; green paint; international affairs; lighted candle; metallic arsenic; notwithstanding this; once started; opposition parties; poor husband; rich loam; sound thrashing; successive ages