Example Sentences

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Consumption-fueled growth is seen, at best, as peculiarly American and, at worst, as decadent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

"Without that, we start to lose the sense of who we are. Outside influences can dilute indigenous culture and people fear that what is peculiarly Antiguan will be lost."

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

Arefi favored raspberry mazurkas and the Uncle Seth’s pink-frosted cookies that are peculiarly ubiquitous in Seattle cafes.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

“The final piece of the puzzle to getting rid of the baggage has, peculiarly, been to walk in his shoes.”

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

So peculiarly individual was its shape that at first glance the hat appeared to be on the head of someone standing immediately behind Luster.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner