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Meanings of curious thing in English

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Usage of curious thing in English
1
Another curious thing was the outlines of all the shapes in view.
The Girl in the Golden Atom
2
The thief had taken only part of them; a very curious thing.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
3
A curious thing happens when British clubs appoint an unknown foreign manager.
The Guardian
4
Yet the curious thing is that maths is hardly starved of prizes.
The Guardian
5
Mere controversy is waste of time; and faith is a curious thing.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
6
Fate is a curious thing, as Stuart Appleby knows only too well.
The Irish Times
7
The most curious thing is that I've been here for so long.
The eye of the leopard
8
It is a curious thing to watch someone struggling not to feel.
The Michael Chekhov Handbook
9
On the second morning of the inquest, however, a curious thing happened.
Recalled to Life
10
The curious thing would be if curious things should fail to happen.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 1
11
One curious thing about this is that the psychologist was a German.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
12
It seems such a curious thing for you to think of doing.
Something New
13
And then he did what for him was a very curious thing.
The Odds / And Other Stories
14
The curious thing is that the defeated manager is always the same.
The Irish Times
15
Presently a curious thing happened: the bull's speed got slower and slower.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
16
That seems a curious thing for any one to be angry about.
King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays
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Curious thing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common