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Example sentences for "extraordinary"

Lexicographically close words:
extraordinaire; extraordinar; extraordinarie; extraordinaries; extraordinarily; extrapolated; extrapolation; extras; extraterrestrial; extraterritorial
  1. But the most extraordinary thing about Liszt is his wonderful variety of expression and play of feature.

  2. And the delicacy, tact and charming good-nature he ever showed, reveal the man as a most extraordinary figure.

  3. Preserving the Petrarchan model, even to the feminine rhymes of the Italian tongue, he has nevertheless succeeded in concealing the extraordinary art by which the difficult task was accomplished.

  4. This loss can be almost entirely eliminated by thick walls and a smooth white or polished surface, but its amount is ordinarily so small that these extraordinary precautions do not pay in practice.

  5. The distribution of the heat is thus determined and any extraordinary loss may be detected.

  6. Why a state of blindness at one's birth should premise extraordinary vision, spiritual or otherwise, later on, is not clear.

  7. She was, and is, lamented with extraordinary demonstrations, if one consider it.

  8. Mr. Browning had also an extraordinary power of versifying, and taught his son from babyhood the words he wished him to remember, by joining them to a grotesque rhyme; the child learned all his Latin declensions in this way.

  9. The extraordinary character and genius of the man are well depicted by the events of the years that followed.

  10. A decade would seem to be ample time for the construction of this comparatively short railroad, particularly with the inducement of so extraordinary a land grant.

  11. Extraordinary costs such as these, combined with the extravagant methods of construction and financing, brought the total cost of the property up to what was in those days a fabulous sum of money.

  12. Whether it helped us along or not, I am unable to say: but it was a satisfaction for me to feel that I had done what I could; and it gave me pleasure to go off a little distance, and look at the extraordinary spectacle.

  13. Field marshal, councillor of state, comptroller of the extraordinary domains of the realm, deputy and peer of France under Charles X.

  14. Under the Restoration the despotism of his extraordinary avarice disturbed the peace of his family.

  15. But we are not given and shown these mysteries without paying a price: we must learn to live in extraordinary lowliness and loneliness of spirit.

  16. If we continue using these artificial means of locomotion there is no doubt that the race will become atrophied in the legs but with extraordinary results.

  17. The touch of her hand gave him an extraordinary pleasure which concealed within it a yet more extraordinary excitement.

  18. He had all the grave wisdom of the stupid, and the extraordinary energy and persistence which perpetuates them.

  19. Their courtship is conducted under circumstances of extraordinary rigour.

  20. He knew birds and beetles and worms; how a weazel would behave in extraordinary circumstances; how to train every breed of horse and dog.

  21. The extraordinary bloom which had made her cheek a shrine to worship and marvel at was destroyed for ever, while, by a curious chance, the boy was unmarked.

  22. The same query might be put to almost any couple, for (and it is possibly right that it should be so) we do not marry by mathematics, but by some extraordinary attraction which is neither entirely sexual nor mental.

  23. Many men envy him, but no man begrudges him his numbers recently awarded for "extraordinary heroism.

  24. Republican principles are carried out, as far as they are compatible with perfect subordination, and there exists no feeling between the parts of the ship, except in extraordinary instances, but wholesome respect and convention.

  25. The men at the guns, stripped to the buff, grimed and blackened with powder, worked with extraordinary quickness.

  26. I was dumbfounded at this extraordinary command and felt that I was placed in an extremely awkward position.

  27. Are you able," she continued telepathically, "to give an explanation of this extraordinary metamorphosis?

  28. What writer of fiction could draw upon his imagination for anything to compare with this extraordinary freak of nature?

  29. Extraordinary intelligence, kindness and gentleness showed forth from every feature of their handsome countenances.

  30. Her physiognomy was intellectually strong, and the whole cast of her features showed extraordinary beauty.

  31. Note the extraordinary look of kindness, gentleness and self-denial that is stamped upon his handsome features.

  32. In making a careful survey of the surroundings, I discovered that it was going to be a much more difficult task to get out than it was to get in this extraordinary grotto.

  33. What had brought about that extraordinary change in the girl's nature?

  34. My fortieth birthday found me practising at Cairo, which I mention only because it was here that first I met Ptolemy Higgs, who, even then in his youth, was noted for his extraordinary antiquarian and linguistic abilities.

  35. We turned to see whence it came, and perceived, far away, rushing towards us with extraordinary swiftness, a huge and dense cloud preceded by isolated columns and funnels of similar clouds.

  36. The place was in shadow, except for the firelight, which shone upon a table laid ready for dinner, and upon an extraordinary collection of antiquities, including a couple of mummies with gold faces arranged in their coffins against the wall.

  37. Had her fancy played her false, and conjured up some extraordinary illusion to mislead her, or was it--could it be Arthur Beverley himself who was hastening towards her?

  38. An extraordinary document, I must confess," he said, as he returned it to Arthur.

  39. He stood silent, hardly able as yet to see clearly the effect of this extraordinary turn of affairs.

  40. Miss Western," he said, "you must be under some extraordinary delusion.

  41. She had doubtless suspected that there must be some extraordinary reason for my desire to have people talk to me through a tube in a language I did not understand.

  42. Bernard looked as though he did not understand this extraordinary ecstasy; but as he was used to not understanding me, I do not suppose he thought it worth while to bother himself about it.

  43. The "Paradise Lost" of Milton is a work so extraordinary in conception and execution, that it required a lapse of many years to reconcile the herd of readers, and of critics, to what was almost too sublime for ordinary understandings.

  44. This extraordinary kitchen scene did not escape the ridicule of the wits of that merry age.

  45. Suddenly we are all right by some extraordinary means, and stop to breathe.

  46. The patriarch had been organist of St. Katherine’s Church half his life and though now nearly eighty continued to be famous for his virtuosity and his extraordinary skill in improvisation.

  47. His extraordinary talents did not prevent him from attracting a number of enemies which progressively increased.

  48. Indeed the young knight was enjoying his first quiet interval since his entrance into the Red Tavern and his meeting with Tyrrell, whom he still regarded as nothing more than a most extraordinary inn-keeper.

  49. He wrote more masques than all his competitors together, and they are of an extraordinary variety and poetic excellence.

  50. Eastward Hoe" achieved the extraordinary popularity represented in a demand for three issues in one year.

  51. Dave did take extraordinary care of himself, and was on hand to pitch at the game with Chichester.

  52. Yes; Doe thinks I ought to look after this wrist---that it wouldn't stand extraordinary strain during the next few days.

  53. Pray, is there anything extraordinary in my appearance that you find it so impossible to look at anyone else?

  54. Why, dear me," cried Mildred, still too much swallowed up with amazement at the extraordinary suggestion to have room for indignation.

  55. It was her turn to stare now, and once having begun to look at Lady Sarah, it was difficult to turn away, for such an extraordinary looking individual she had never seen before in the whole course of her life.

  56. Is there anything extraordinary in my appearance, I ask you?

  57. She sat on her high-backed chair, her golden hair falling in a shower over her shoulders, her grey eyes wider than ever as she stared transfixed at this extraordinary spectacle.


  58. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "extraordinary" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    absolute; amazing; appalling; arch; arresting; astonishing; beguiling; bewildering; capital; celebrated; certain; colossal; concrete; conspicuous; curious; defined; definite; detailed; determinate; different; distinct; distinguished; divine; dramatic; egregious; eminent; enigmatic; erratic; esoteric; especial; esteemed; estimable; excellent; exceptional; exorbitant; exotic; express; extraordinary; extreme; fabulous; fantastic; fantastical; fascinating; fixed; formidable; freak; good; great; high; improbable; incomprehensible; inconceivable; incredible; indescribable; individual; individualistic; ineffable; inner; intimate; irregular; legendary; magic; marked; marvellous; marvelous; memorable; minute; miraculous; mythical; noble; notable; noteworthy; noticeable; optimum; ordinary; outlandish; outstanding; particular; peculiar; personal; phenomenal; portentous; precise; preposterous; prestigious; prime; private; prodigious; prominent; puzzling; queer; rare; raving; remarkable; rememberable; reputable; respective; salient; sensational; several; sight; signal; singular; special; specific; splendid; strange; striking; stunning; stupefying; stupendous; successful; sudden; superb; superhuman; superior; superlative; supernatural; surpassing; telling; terrific; towering; unaccountable; unannounced; unanticipated; uncommon; unearthly; unexampled; unexpected; unforeseeable; unforeseen; unforgettable; unguessed; unheralded; unimaginable; unique; unnatural; unparalleled; unprecedented; unpredictable; unspeakable; unthinkable; unusual; unwonted; virtuoso; wonderful; wondrous


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    extraordinary beauty; extraordinary degree; extraordinary manner; extraordinary occasions; extraordinary session; extraordinary size