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Meanings of curiosity in English
Desire to learn, explore, or investigate.
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Examples for "interest"
Examples for "interest"
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The government said the land was needed for public interest development projects.
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Rising interest rates Good news on interest rates this week then?Eh, no.
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The approaches included interest from Europe and the Middle East, it said.
4
Yields on interest rate future markets indicated a similar consensus among traders.
5
Thursday 18 July South African SARB interest rate decision: Expected to decrease.
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Now scientists wonder if the oil spill could create a similar problem.
2
Naturally, concerned citizens must wonder why they cannot be used as homes.
3
I just wonder, what took such a serious young woman off course?
4
No wonder most countries ask for proof of return ticket upon arrival.
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I've thought about it often as I said yet I still wonder.
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The captain looked grave; Mrs. Willoughby anxious; Beulah interested; and Maud thoughtful.
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Libya and China were also among those interested, the second source said.
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However, industry sources say talks between the interested parties will begin shortly.
4
Song said China National was no longer interested in buying African Barrick.
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He said he would continue to be interested in the political process.
1
While in grade-school, he exhibited an inquisitive nature regarding his family history.
2
SWEDEN:For those of an inquisitive disposition, Sweden has long been a paradise.
3
The mayor, uneasy and inquisitive, met Peyrade and Corentin in the village.
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Any investigative journalist or inquisitive politician might have raised some interesting questions.
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In the Arabian tales he is generally a shrewd, meddling, inquisitive fellow.
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Besides, you don't want these nosy folks to start askin' you questions.
2
Many expressed their sympathy to Oliver Hitchens's colleagues, others were just nosy.
3
More to the point, the patrons would probably not be too nosy.
4
I brought up Google and behaved like a normal, everyday nosy citizen.
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She might be one of those, or maybe just another nosy reporter.
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There was a subtle hauteur in the voice; it subdued Kitty's inquisitiveness.
2
Your inquisitiveness on the subject knows no bounds, it seems, Mr. Potter.
3
It is the works that matter and that survive the biographer's inquisitiveness.
4
The Lord would not become a mere fortune-teller to gratify his inquisitiveness.
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An evidence of his symmetrical mental development appears in his extreme inquisitiveness.
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And the sad thing to me is that I'm losing my nosiness.
2
It was just plain old nosiness, and she had always half-resented it.
3
Come the summer, a new property-price register will facilitate your nosiness.
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You've got some brains, so use them on a little practical nosiness for a change.
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Given a whole new face to nosiness.
Usage of curiosity in English
1
Then with the hope came the story, curiosity, national interest and comparison.
2
Sooner or later practical curiosity and economic need produced the material sciences.
3
Brother Jacques; he will satisfy my curiosity in the matter of absolution.
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But either way, that curiosity is there, and it's certainly not repression.
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They came from exactly the same source: an insatiable curiosity about people.
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The grounds about the palace were fine; the palace was a curiosity.
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Her curiosity was satisfied; her interest in the place had strangely lessened.
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A leader without courage, resilience, optimism, curiosity,and perseverance will simply not last.
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Now all of you have seen one another; curiosity has been satisfied.
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For instance, why blame Ch-777's sense of curiosity for his tragic end?
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Tobin still held his father's hand, but curiosity was quickly replacing fear.
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Across the bar, Sam Gregory eyed the young woman with great curiosity.
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The circle were amazed; the spirit of superstitious curiosity seized upon them.
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In this hour, TED speakers explore how curiosity leads to unexpected places.
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He crossed his arms, eyeing me with a new level of curiosity.
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But I must satisfy the natural curiosity of the higher powers first.
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Curiosity through the time
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