How to Use curiously in a Sentence

curiously

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• The clerk looked at her curiously, and then pushed the pad forward kindly.
  — Te-Ping Chen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2020
• At first, there was something curiously different about seeing so many empty seats.
  — Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2020
• And curiously, the virtual technology seemed to bring the stories more to life.
  — Star Tribune, 24 Oct. 2020
• The rows of vintage bungalows with the chimneys curiously cut off (thanks to the 1933 earthquake).
  — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
• This is her first hosting gig but — curiously — H.E.R. will feature as tonight’s musical act.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2020
• What Fetter wants to do, however, is curiously evaluate them for a few weeks without offering much advice.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2020
• The vehicle’s back end appeared to have been entirely ripped off as bystanders curiously watched the filming of Marvel Studios’ next film.
  — Vanessa Arredondo, SFChronicle.com, 21 Oct. 2020
• Despite that, curiously, the Steelers still rank third in the league in time of possession, holding the ball for an average of 32:05.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2020
• Off to the right, curiously cropped, is a bench with a footrest.
  — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
• The news of Lenchantin’s exit from the group came via a curiously dry statement from the group.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2024
• The cut has curiously never made it to the throne, at least not yet.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
• Why, then, should the whole enterprise feel so curiously thin and cold to the touch?
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2022
• My son looked at me curiously and asked me what that meant.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• Diana fought the urge to grab her purse while watching the big cats curiously paw through her bag.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2022
• At times, the notes take on a curiously plaintive tone.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
• The killer whale curiously gets up close and personal with the baby, peering through the glass to study her.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
• Everyone except Lib and Will seems curiously numb to the slow death of a child.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2022
• On the ground, the No. 1 topic of discussion was the curiously low-wattage lineup.
  — Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
• But this was true, curiously enough, even during the long years of McCarthy’s prime.
  — John Wray, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
• Bening, though, finds a way to make even the struggle to breathe curiously funny.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• More curiously, the health care sector added 224 jobs, Fried said.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2021
• This parade of famous voices is a curiously trite start for a film driven by facts and stats for the most part.
  — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
• Five tongues of flame descend and touch her face, looking curiously like the tentacles of a squid.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• We were both taken by the idea of leadership at a curiously young age.
  — Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
• That explains the curiously uniform blobs of salami and pancetta in the photos of the pizzas on offer.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
• Only the older men eat with us as women serve and teens peek curiously from just outside the doors.
  — Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2021
• These games are almost all in Early Access, and every last one is curiously cheap—$5 seems to be the price cap.
  — Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2022
• Cooper Kupp got the bulk of the important throws in the first four weeks, while Robert Woods was curiously underused.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 17 Oct. 2021
• My career has been quite linked, curiously, to the opening up to democracy in Spain.
  — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024