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Some sequences verge on a romp, and the result, though far from Lanthimos’s usual territory, could well bring him an unwonted commercial success.

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It shows in the hard edges of her can-do personality, on guard against unwonted sentimentality and unneeded calories, sidestepping leery co-workers with a breezy smile.

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“We has news,” Bono announced to me, and the unwonted shyness of his manner conveyed his news faster than word.

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I became gripped by a quiet unwonted urge to know a little about these matters and to understand how people figured them out.

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Ron gave no sign that he was aware of Percy, apart from stabbing pieces of kipper with unwonted venom.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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