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Example sentences for: quirky

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An ex-CIA agent's thriller about a skirt-chasing spy's ascent to the presidency is deemed "Primary Colors written with imagination" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, the New York Times ). Although critics praise McCarry's entertaining prose and quirky characters, they focus more on the similarities between the sexaholic protagonist and Bill Clinton.
Both Pygmalion arguments are sound as well as altruistic; but at a time when certain civilizations and cultures are in danger of losing their spoken heritage, these slight, quirky renderings of native speech may prove to be as valuable as the archaeologist's fossil finds.
William B. Ober's article, “Writing Maketh an Exact Man” [XVIII,2] was enjoyable not just--as in all his work--for its quirky insights and elegant style, but also--uncharacteristically--as an exercise in irony.
A comparison with some other languages, particularly languages with a largely phonetic spelling system--(German, Italian, Spanish)-- shows that this range of nonstandard spellings is an added bonus that our quirky English spelling system has given to the language.
Today Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa meld into a complementary combination that offers the best of both worlds: the quirky character of Zihuatanejo and the deluxe mega-development of Ixtapa.