unusual

• The bronze man's inventive genius had turned out numerous unusual--"unusual" was a mild word for some of them--devices for use in their profession. —  113 - The Man Who Fell Up
• So unusual was the appearance of the pig that their attention was gripped The running porker held their attention only a moment, but that was long enough for Doc to move, unobserved, from the shed to the sheltering maze of boulders A bronze phantom who blended with the tawny hue of the rocks and melted entirely into the shadows, Doc Savage made directly for the edge of the island. —  014 - The Monsters
• Those planes were unusual, the first shipment of the type, and there had been some newspaper publicity about them. —  079 - Poison Island
• More unusual was the sight of flat, cultivated land around the lake. —  THE LAST OF THE WILDS
• There was nothing the least unusual about the gown; it was Caro herself who was unusual, and that in more ways than one. —  Stephanie Laurens - The Ideal Bride

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