curiosity

Example Sentences

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Keeping his left hand on the wall, he bent, picked one up, tried to feel the edge—but curiosity failed, and he let it fall.

From Literature

They’re aggrieved because they feel excluded from pop culture — but they lack the cultural curiosity it would take to engage with what most people, especially young people, enjoy.

From Salon

The Geneva Conventions prevent the exposure of POWs to what it calls "public curiosity".

From Barron's

I point at it, curiosity getting the better of me.

From Literature

“To Americans who are watching this right now, and I don’t know, maybe you’re watching it with curiosity, bewilderment, horror, scorn or sympathy,” he said.

From Salon