Example sentences for: uncharacteristically

How can you use “uncharacteristically” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • And because, refreshed by my vacation, I want only to please you, here is the uncharacteristically melancholy entry from the 1960 edition of the World Book Encyclopedia describing the invention of the popular ride:

  • In case you missed the Globe story, or Ted Koppel's uncharacteristically clumsy interrogation of McCain last night on Nightline , or the newspaper follow-ups today, here's what we know: In November, and again in December, McCain, in his capacity as chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, wrote testy letters to the FCC demanding swift action on Paxson Communications' proposed acquisition of a Pittsburgh TV station.

  • Even anonymity, owing to controversy earlier this year over the authorship of the novel Primary Colors , has had to endure an uncharacteristically high public profile in recent months.

  • And, come to think of it, Gingrich was kind of uncharacteristically quiet during the impeachment mess, wasn't he?

  • It is "virtually guaranteed to rattle the most jaded of cages" (John Anderson, the Los Angeles Times ). One cage is left unrattled, though: Stephen Holden of the New York Times delivers an uncharacteristically nasty write-up, calling it "gaggingly mawkish supernatural kitsch" that is "a garish hybrid of Simon Birch and What Dreams May Come ." (Click here to visit the official site.)


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