strange
Example Sentences
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At last, Amsterdam, even bigger than Haarlem, with its bewilderment of strange streets and canals.
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I had noticed before that she spoke English in a strange way, pronouncing her words carefully, too correctly, and in proper sentences.
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"Once again today, there is a strange atmosphere on the university campus. It's a bit like a ghost town," Jones said.
From BBC
The novel also elucidates the strange limbo of the American immigration quota process, which “resembled a bakery system gone awry.”
He was a 25-year-old tinkering with self-tanners, but all the intrigue and action seemed to be around the lab next door, with its strange music, flashing lights and tinfoil covering the porthole.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.