curious

Example Sentences

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“Fire, it turns out, can be a remarkable time machine,” he writes, “a curious form of teleportation into the past and future all at once.”

From Los Angeles Times

England's captain has only opened the bowling twice in his Test career - in Ahmedabad against India in 2021 and Rawalpindi against Pakistan in 2022 - but his reluctance is curious given the specifics of this series.

From BBC

Looking after them at her Bedfordshire home, Ms Pollen said: "Given their outdoor start, it's been lovely to see how resilient and curious they are now that they're safe and cared for."

From BBC

In 2018, a listener of the Every Little Thing podcast became curious about the delightfully practical arrow in his car and asked the show to figure out who was responsible for this particular little thing.

From The Wall Street Journal

After we chose to rent instead of buy our apartment, we were curious to learn if there were other investment opportunities for our savings.

From MarketWatch