uncustomary
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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From Congress to the mainstream Jewish community, many have been stunned into uncustomary silence, others have broken with long tradition and voiced outright criticism.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2023
Otherwise, save for Carmichael's measured jabs, it was business-as-usual along the red carpet parade, where celebrities returned to being honored to participate in the Globes ceremony and pretend nothing was uncustomary.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2023
Mr. Farrell has found himself in an uncustomary role: beseeching his suppliers to allocate more of their goods to him so that his company can work through a growing backlog of orders.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
The customary thing would be for him to play some uncustomary role in a hit HBO series, or get into a Marvel project or something where he’d have to muss up his hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2021
On one day in that week the nurse returned in a state of most uncustomary excitement from an errand on which Agnes had sent her.
From The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins
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