curious
Example Sentences
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"I wouldn't say I'm very excited, but it's a new experience that I haven't had, so I'm curious to try it and see what it's like."
From Barron's
It is a curious feature of this crisis that, so far, the rest of the stock market has reacted very little, while bonds have actually fallen as a result of inflation fears.
From MarketWatch
"This question interests me a lot, because in all the shops they sell plastic Chinese fakes and they weigh nothing, so I'm curious how much it weighs."
From BBC
But other than that, I think she’s only curious.
From Literature
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We have seen it elsewhere—immigration, most obviously: sound policies undermined by a curious insistence on conveying them to the public in a way that makes enemies for no obvious reason.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.