uncustomary

Example Sentences

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In her last years, exiled to the desert due to failing health and lack of institutional support, Wanda passed after an uncustomary silence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023

From Congress to the mainstream Jewish community, many have been stunned into uncustomary silence, others have broken with long tradition and voiced outright criticism.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2023

Otherwise, save for Carmichael's measured jabs, it was business-as-usual along the red carpet parade, where celebrities returned to being honored to participate in the Globes ceremony and pretend nothing was uncustomary.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2023

Scotty Pippen Jr. added 12 points and Saben Lee had 11 for the Commodores, who shot an uncustomary 36% from the floor, hitting just 20 of 56, and had their three-game win streak snapped.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2019

He found Darius alone in the drawing-room, in front of an uncustomary fire, garden-clay still on his boots, and “The Christian News” under his spectacles.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold