8 sentences with “peculiar”

The pan flute has a very peculiar sound.

The flavor of anise is very peculiar and aromatic.

The place is a peculiar combination of ecosystems: shifting coastal dunes, spring-fed marshes and dry dry dry land scrub.

An interesting and, from a contemporary perspective, somewhat peculiar phenomenon in early Christianity was the focus on relics: holy objects.

The cause was one of the most peculiar episodes in late medieval European history: the "Babylonian Captivity" of the popes in the 14th century.

"I am in a peculiar position," Henry Ford once confided to Reverend Marquis. "There is nothing I desire that I cannot acquire. However, I have no appetite for things that can be bought with money.

A peculiar aspect of the obsessive focus on the person of the king was the fact that kings often married their sisters and daughters; the idea being that if one was a god, one did not want to pollute the sacred lineage by having children with mere humans.

One of the peculiar things about the Roman Republic is that its rise to power was not inevitable. No Roman leader had a 'master plan' for dominating the Mediterranean world, and the Romans of 500 BC would have been surprised to see Rome ruling a gigantic territory a few centuries later.