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Example sentences for "strangely enough"

  • A good clothes brush and whiskbroom are usually very acceptable, as strangely enough, guests almost invariably forget them.

  • He went, too, but could not sleep, for, strangely enough, that disturbance of body and spirit which had afflicted Isobel possessed him also.

  • Strangely enough, although from his childhood they had been always estranged, Godfrey felt this conduct of his father very much indeed.

  • And, strangely enough, this gave him none of his former sense of critical superiority, but only of his own utter and complete isolation.

  • It was one of the few speeches he has made that had a permanent effect and, strangely enough, it was the kind of speech that might have well been delivered by Root or Knox.

  • But, strangely enough, it is only occasionally that he makes a lasting impression.

  • He is merely conscious of the fact that intellectually he is somewhat superior to his colleagues, most of whom, strangely enough, quite agree with him.

  • Strangely enough, the faces of his fellow-directors corroborated his assertion.

  • Strangely enough, this troubled him little; there are times in a man's life when even the most momentous of happenings shrink into nothing beside the simple process of telling the girl he loves that he loves her.

  • He would have stopped his ears with his fingers and shut his eyes, only, strangely enough, he could not.

  • And, strangely enough, I do not feel at all unwell.

  • She often thought of him, but, strangely enough, no more with bitterness, but with pity.

  • That Edith might be the moving cause of Olson's kindness was a thought which, strangely enough, had never occurred to Halfdan.

  • Strangely enough, though the first cask opened was filled with spoilt gunpowder, all the rest of the barrels had good wholesome provisions in them.

  • Yet, strangely enough, there were three splendid pictures hanging still upon the cabin-walls absolutely uninjured, and these Cavendish gave orders to be at once removed and sent on board his ship.

  • He found it, strangely enough, in the identical cave where Harry and he had kept the savages at bay, and its value proved to be vastly greater than even he had imagined, despite all that he had heard regarding it.

  • The fight was fierce and grim, and, strangely enough, silent; there was not a cry, save the groans and moans of the wounded and dying.

  • We then supposed that he had turned back and made for the flesh-pots, but, strangely enough, he did not do that either.

  • He put the Primus behind one of the cases of provisions, and set it going; strangely enough, the paraffin was still liquid in the vessel, but this was no doubt because it had been well protected in the case.

  • It has a method, a discipline highly effective in producing changed mental and spiritual states and, strangely enough, it is all the more effective because it is so narrowly true.

  • And yet, strangely enough, the North was still fearful lest slavery should be extended to New Mexico and Utah.

  • Strangely enough, Lincoln with all his sense of humor took this badinage seriously, and accused Douglas of telling a falsehood.

  • Strangely enough he had given the same pledge to "the god-like Webster.

  • Strangely enough, in the midst of all these, as the commissioned generalissimo of the King's forces in England when they should be in the field, was to be the Earl of Holland.

  • Strangely enough, however, he was still unaware that he might have the benefit of a witness more renowned even than Paul Fagius.

  • Strangely enough, as it may seem at first sight, they were the Separatists of the most intense and schismatic type then known, the least conciliatory in their relations to other churches and communions.

  • The world, strangely enough, still remained a pleasant place, and already the fret for new adventure was stirring in him.

  • And yet, strangely enough, Phillips was not discouraged.

  • Strangely enough, Mr. Quirk did not react to this passionate outburst.

  • Strangely enough, the fears that had driven her to this reckless marriage had dwindled steadily since the final words were spoken, and now these apprehensions seemed in no wise so alarming as the consequences of her rash act.

  • Strangely enough, the news of Bob Wharton's marriage had not leaked into the papers up to this time, and Lorelei, having regard for the feelings of his parents, insisted that he help her to keep the matter secret as long as possible.

  • Pope's bill was forty cents, and, strangely enough, not even when he paid it did he remember that this was the woman for whose company at supper other men paid five hundred dollars.

  • Strangely enough, too, their cost of living increased in proportion to their friendliness; but Bob never questioned any amount they asked him for, and he swelled their allowance with characteristic prodigality.

  • For, strangely enough, he had succeeded in making a good living with his pen.

  • His letter of congratulation was, strangely enough, written the very day on which Mary was buried.

  • But perhaps the most noteworthy passage which occurs in the treatise is one on love, and in which, strangely enough, she establishes a belief which she was destined some years later to confirm by her actions.

  • A more prolific source of trouble to her was, strangely enough, her interest in them.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    average rate; behold the; but the next instant; celestial marriage; colonial possessions; each aisle; eight times; freight train; great genius; half teaspoonful; her children; her uncle; hold slaves; intelligent cause; little salt; many parts; middling size; more eligible; much hurt; national vice; strangely enough; while those