How to Use idiosyncrasy in a Sentence

idiosyncrasy

noun
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  • The current system has a few idiosyncrasies.
  • Her habit of using “like” in every sentence was just one of her idiosyncrasies.
  • What would the idiosyncrasies of my park date’s body be?
    — Alexandra Jones, refinery29.com, 19 May 2020
  • The show makes sure that his idiosyncrasies are as present as the story itself.
    — Luis Miguel Echegaray, SI.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The lack of a sea change in court partly has to do with the idiosyncrasies of musical copyright.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 13 June 2019
  • The performance-art aspect of the project is matched by the idiosyncrasy of the inventory.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2022
  • If attached, the two of you need to accept the other's idiosyncrasies.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The issue of who pays for fire service in Anchorage stems from the idiosyncrasies of how the city has evolved over time.
    — Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Familiarity with the course, and all its idiosyncrasies, was at the top of his list.
    — Paul Newberry, ajc, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Against a background of blight and bleakness, the characters dazzle us with their vivid idiosyncrasy.
    — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The working environment of the studio was a private place that tended to take on the idiosyncrasies of the occupant.
    — Cullen Murphy, Vanities, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The for-profit world can’t afford idiosyncrasies like these.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Apr. 2020
  • This is due to an idiosyncrasy of olive trees — different sections of roots serve only certain sections of the tree.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2018
  • Its different names are one of the river’s many idiosyncrasies.
    — The Economist, 22 June 2019
  • As a result, though, the book has a handle on many of Molina's idiosyncrasies.
    — Kevin Warwick, Chicago Reader, 16 June 2017
  • Should the idiosyncrasies detailed prompt driving him from office?
    — The Hive, 13 Mar. 2017
  • That blend of outlandish achievement and disruptive idiosyncrasy was central to his appeal.
    — The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • Their shows were shaped all the way through by their unique physical expression of the themes and tone of the show, and by their personal preferences and idiosyncrasies.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Ferris is a beautiful reader of Bruegel, and his book is more, not less, vivid for its idiosyncrasy.
    — Julian Lucas, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
  • But that charming idiosyncrasy is only the first of his peculiarities.
    — Ron Charles, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • In the beginning, software critics will need to sort out some idiosyncrasies of this new literary form.
    — WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The games industry isn't built to value idiosyncrasy and expression.
    — Joshua Rivera, GQ, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Of course, the candid conversations reveal some of the artists' idiosyncrasies.
    — Amir Vera, CNN, 23 May 2020
  • How can the movement of oils conjure the aura and history of a person, in all their contradictions and idiosyncrasies?
    — Allison Noelle Conner, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • The distinctive qualities of each place, the idiosyncrasies and special delights, shape the way people live there.
    — Michael Boodro, ELLE Decor, 14 Mar. 2011
  • Drivers will need to learn its idiosyncrasies, which Hotz argues is the same for any modern, high-tech car on the road today.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 July 2018
  • This is a place that does not combat its idiosyncrasies, but hoists them overhead, carrying them like a flag into battle.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • That was also about practice and hours spent getting to know each other's idiosyncrasies as people and musicians.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But Devlin has her own body idiosyncrasies—a mutation in her eyes causes her to see visions.
    — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 8 June 2019
  • Tracy, the Great Georgiana owner, prides himself on the idiosyncrasies of his playlists.
    — Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023

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