The seaboard of Capernaum in which Peter dwelt is said by travelers to be a peculiarly damp, marshy, aguish, feverish place. |
Group participation is a peculiarly Chinese characteristic of the back-to-nature movement. |
In this peculiarly modern mood of social pessimism, the end is believed to be nigh but never comes. |
The poor schmo had a bad dose of noncomplainingitis, that peculiarly British ailment with symptoms which include chronic fear of causing a scene. |
He stood up awkwardly and strolled mysteriously to the corner of the room where a peculiarly large gramophone horn dominated. |
It was as if he was always wary of getting above himself, of giving himself airs and graces, a peculiarly Scottish trait. |