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    Use "curious" in a sentence

    curious example sentences

    curious


    1. Children are curious by nature – that is how they learn


    2. “I’m just curious,” said the little ant, peering out from below a piece of what was once a caterpillar


    3. Curious little beetles clambered across the mountainous hard core following the unfamiliar animal scents, blood dried and stiff, sweat exuded during the long afternoon hours still pungent in the evening air


    4. Despite being a little wobbly after spending several days in bed, not to mention carrying the after effects of what she’d heard described as a nasty case of concussion, she still managed to summon sufficient willpower to be curious about what she saw as they walked through the interminable corridors of the hospital towards the car park


    5. The woman was curious so she


    6. If she was ever at all curious to find out if she really descended from Oliar, any downtown lab could tell her for an iron


    7. Some forty paintings were shown on the first list, along with a good dozen sculptures … she recognised some of the names of the artists … how had he got hold of a Rembrandt? Could it be original? The second list was longer, more varied and definitely more curious – intaglio tables from the Italian peninsula rubbed shoulders with tribal masks from the African continent and animal skins from places as far afield as Asia


    8. What do you mean Jake? What enhancement? I was curious about this statement


    9. Several of the young students woke early and went exploring about the camp, curious about their new home


    10. At the water's edge I found tiny bits of waving, organic fluff clinging to the pebbles just where the bubbles melt away; curious purple pieces of seaweed no bigger than a crumb lying on the beach and spiky bits of crab shell attached to the occasional limb

    11. "I'm just curious," he said, "and somehow she made me think of it


    12. Curious, I look more closely at the bridle … or whatever it is


    13. So, surrounded by a huge crowd of curious strangers and attentive townsfolk, new and old, I staggered to my feet as my mind went blank


    14. Curious, Duncan agreed, (against Alexei’s advice), and took a shuttle down to the planet


    15. His curious eyes fixed on Alastair, he explains that Sally has gone off to North Wales to see Uncle David’s house and that they have been to church with Anna who has given them a fantastic picnic lunch in her garden, going into substantial detail before finally reaching the salient point which is that they are trying to cut Anna’s lawn, but that the lawn mower is not working properly


    16. She came forward and Duncan finally got his first look at the female of this curious species


    17. “Aha! So that is it, she has taken your eye and you are curious now


    18. She was curious, he noted, and smiled at the thought


    19. 'They are all living in that room?' Ish was curious


    20. “Whatever it is, we’re curious as to its actions,” Kelvin said

    21. Most people are quite happy to comply with the request, curious as to who received the anonymous letters and what they had said … I become pretty convincing at not having a clue … if they only knew …


    22. “I really didn’t need to bother you with this, but I was curious how it was done?”


    23. On one hand he was very curious to see the inside of their ship; and on the other, given what he had been told of these creatures, he was extremely wary


    24. By now the entire Bay was curious as to what was going on


    25. curious distance, her father turned to the young vagrant and said,


    26. They were curious about hers and asked the name of it


    27. She was curious, and watched in fascination as he shaved


    28. Altera was curious, and I was unsure if you were capable of mating with our women


    29. Curious, Sera went up to the master bedroom to get a first hand look at what the housekeepers were objecting to


    30. The people had all been curious and plied the men with questions of every sort

    31. owners, horse trainers and stable hands were curious


    32. Rusty, who was curious, rose and sniffing the air started towards the bed


    33. Tom also noticed something curious about the cobblestones


    34. The curious group still had the attention of almost everyone in the


    35. “Can you check it out? Now you have me curious also?”


    36. Tom was intensely curious at this point, since he had never seen


    37. with curious markings upon both surfaces


    38. Tom was curious as to why such a fearsome animal would feel


    39. Meanwhile he had also observed the curious antics in which Harry engaged during each episode following his great-niece's directions for his accomplishing the otherwise unremarkable chores around the house


    40. “True,” the Sportsman allowed, “But do those stores have a Cantonese proprietor and a Shoshone wife? Those were the only specifics I could wheedle from my curious British friend,” he intimated

    41. George had been very thorough in explaining about the more curious aspects of the mast's construction to Belle


    42. curious and he wondered if there was still some untold history here


    43. Curious, and a bit miffed, Ged said that he had followed the new


    44. During the long, pillow tossing watches of the night, between imagined conversations during which Andy persuaded the Sergeant by sheer dint of his charismatic personality that there had been nothing going on, the unwelcome thought had occurred to Andy that the Sergeant was being exceptionally curious about what Andy had been doing since he left Tracey


    45. box made of that curious material he had originally mistaken for


    46. He squinted closer, peering at the curious


    47. Allcock about the details he found curious and he set off to look through the bookshelves of the Sitting room


    48. In fact, she didn’t seem at all curious about why we were trying to trace her family


    49. ’ He had done that and come up with several curious things


    50. It’s obviously been hand-delivered … curious, I open it to find a fancy, glitter-covered invitation from the Ladies Katie and Abi requesting my presence at an alfresco luncheon with the Richards family at Lacock Abbey on Easter Monday














































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    Synonyms for "curious"

    curious funny odd peculiar queer rum rummy singular quaint exotic whimsical extraordinary wonderful foreign inquiring interested meddlesome prying nosy salient prominent visible

    "curious" definitions

    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected


    eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)