eccentricity

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Most are still made of metal, but of thin tubes tied together by wires, creating the netlike effect of openwork weaving, and the graphic eccentricity of star charts.

From New York Times

“I used to wonder about my eccentricities, my wanting to explore and put myself in dangerous situations,” he told Esquire magazine in 1993.

From Washington Post

Despite the difficulties, those minor league eccentricities emerged again in recent weeks.

From Washington Post

Thomas lends amiable wryness to Lisa, who is alternately amused, flummoxed and moved by her relatives’ eccentricities, including her dad’s love of roller coasters.

From Washington Post

He still prefers “that Old World kind of shopping,” he said, from independent vendors, each with his own specialties and occasional grouchiness and eccentricities.

From New York Times