uncommonness

Example Sentences

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At the same time, the uncommonness of his big-picture analysis and the apparent difficulty of tracking down Cops’ more reluctant participants speak to their arduousness.

From Slate • May 24, 2019

What is telling is that his uncommonness is not marshaled on the show to help comedy’s commoners.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2014

The uncommonness of the proposal raised, at once, his surprise and curiosity; and when, after a short deliberation, he consented to admit her, he could not stay, without impatience, till the next day.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

Hotspur is an uncommon man, whose uncommonness is unsupported by his father at a critical moment.

From William Shakespeare by Masefield, John

The other characteristics of his stories are uncommonness of his conceptions, masterly compositions, ofttimes artificial.

From So Runs the World by Sienkiewicz, Henryk