particularity

Example Sentences

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This was tender and not sweet because it was anchored in a particularity the audience needed to hear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

“This claim is embarrassing for want of particularity and speculative in the extreme,” the response said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

The particularity of quantum physics is that if two particles are close enough to each other to interact, they can stay connected even when separated.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

You see, one strange particularity of Santos’s Il Bacco habit is his penchant for racking up bills that total exactly $199.99.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2023

He downed six hot dogs, then a can of baby carrots, and gratefully accepted a dozen or so Oreos, one after the other, and ate them with great savor and particularity.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson