Meanings of curious blending in English

Max answered, a curious blending of grimness and tenderness in his voice.

Sometimes incidents occur which display a still more curious blending of the two religions.

His smile was a curious blending of shrewdness and malignity.

When he came to himself, there was a curious blending of dream and reality.

The result was a curious blending of war and industry, artistic tastes and savage customs.

She herself was a curious blending of forwardness and folly, of wisdom and wantonness, of frivolity and unbridled fancy.

Here I was bathed again, and sprayed with a very valuable perfume, a curious blending of rose and patchouli.

In truth, the dominating feature in Spenser's poetry is a curious blending of Puritanism of spirit with the Platonic mind.

When she had left the room he turned to Sara, a curious blending of proud reluctance and regret in his eyes.

She had witnessed the pitiful breaking-down of Bob's faculties with a curious blending of concern and dismay, but her protests had gone unheeded.

The young man spoke with a curious blending of modesty and self-confidence, of sobriety beyond his years and the glow of a fervid temperament.

It was the curious blending of professional disappointment and a personal and characteristic appreciation of the surprising situation, which made me observe him, I suppose.