out of the ordinary

Example Sentences

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That thesis posits a great man, successfully forcing through his ideas against the conventional wisdom of the age and shifting the course of history; men like Alexander, Caesar or Napoleon were definitely out of the ordinary and certainly possessed high intelligence.

From Salon

“It’s not necessarily out of the ordinary. It’s just out of ordinary for the winter that we’ve been in because it’s been very dry in the month of March for our area and it’s been warm as well.”

From Los Angeles Times

I tore my eyes from the spectacle as swiftly as I could, for Christoffels’ expression forbade us to notice anything out of the ordinary.

From Literature

The first time they properly met, Hutchcroft thought Barrett looked wealthy but nothing out of the ordinary for that part of town.

From BBC

"There was nothing out of the ordinary at all. No little cables hanging out or anything," Suranovas says.

From BBC