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Example sentences for "curiosities"

Lexicographically close words:
curieuses; curieux; curing; curios; curiositie; curiosity; curious; curiousest; curiously; curis
  1. I told his Majesty, that in Europe we had no monkeys except such as were brought for curiosities from other places, and so small that I could deal with a dozen of them together, if they presumed to attack me.

  2. Curiosities of Words connected with Royalty and Chieftainship," Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine, No.

  3. We saw the Münster, and the cloister walk, and curiosities in the tower of the Münster.

  4. We would like to have the violin which some one offered for exchange, but have not got enough curiosities to make four or five dollars' worth.

  5. From the cathedral we found our way to San Michele, a very celebrated church, and as interesting to an antiquary in search of curiosities as to an architect in search of the beautiful.

  6. They were just coming to a large case containing something whitish and labeled, “Very valuable indeed,” when a messenger came to tell the Curator that a soldier was waiting with valuable curiosities taken as loot from the enemy.

  7. He visited all the curiosities of London and Westminster, and from thence proceeded to Oxford and Cambridge, that he might converse with some of the great scholars whose writings shed lustre upon the land of their birth.

  8. Since 1877 his home was "Montrose" near Augusta, Georgia, where he left a fine library and large collections of Indian curiosities and of portraits and autographs.

  9. Thence we went to look at Mr. Bray's collection of curiosities from New Guinea and the Islands, and spent a pleasant and instructive hour.

  10. There we were shown an excellent collection of New Guinea curiosities belonging to a German explorer.

  11. All the villagers knew his strong-and-weak point, and he rarely appeared amongst them without having various stones and imaginary curiosities presented to him, particularly by the young people.

  12. Never-failing mountain streams, deep canons and dark forests wait to be visited and explored, while curiosities in animal and vegetable life abound.

  13. Holland, therefore, where ships brought precious curiosities from all over the world, was a heaven for the virtuoso.

  14. Holland was of peculiar delight to the traveller of the seventeenth century because it contained so many curiosities and rareties.

  15. She did not say anything to Janey on this subject, though Janey was not without her curiosities too, and openly indulged in conjectures as to the new pupil.

  16. To this Anthony had bequeathed many curiosities and a gift.

  17. If you like to come downstairs with me I'll show you some of the curiosities in my cabinet.

  18. We began now to fall in with some of the curiosities of the China Sea.

  19. He had many questions to ask me, which I took great pleasure in answering, and our interview ended by a very cordial invitation from him to visit, in his company, the curiosities of the Rock.

  20. By the way, one of the curiosities of this quay, whilst the Sumter lay in Gibraltar, was the frequent proximity of the Confederate and the Federal flag.

  21. These apes are one of the curiosities of the Rock, and many journeys have been made in vain to the signal-station, to see them.

  22. Oddly enough, the curiosities and pictures of the castle which belonged to the De Stancys are not restricted from sale; they are hers to do what she likes with.

  23. You know that the pictures and curiosities of the castle are not included in the things I cannot touch, or impeach, or whatever it is.

  24. There were many other curiosities of congenial nature and equal value--quae nunc describere longum est.


  25. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "curiosities" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.