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Sentences starting with curiosity

Curiosity seized Euphrasia with the intensity of a passion. [9]
Curiosity had been too strong for them. [9]
Curiosity drew both to the spot, and as Miriam's stately bearing made the throng move respectfully aside, they soon saw the mournful contents of a large travelling-chariot, which had lost its wheels. [10]
Curiosity centred on Silas Wheelock's barn, where Mr. Worthington had fitted up a shop, and, presently various strange models of contrivances began to take shape there. [9]
Curiosity was an obsession with the people of Askatoon. [11]
Curiosity only had led him into the room, something more radical held him there. [11]
Curiosity still led her on. [9]
Curiosity as a factor has never, perhaps, been given its proper weight by philosophers. [9]
Curiosity urged her, and, thanks to the eulogy she had read of him that day, to the added impression of his power conveyed by the trip through the mills, Ditmar loomed larger than ever in her consciousness. [9]
Curiosity overcame him. [9]

Sentences ending with curiosity

Jo watched him with an intense alarm and a horrified curiosity. [11]
He asked me why I wanted to get in there, and I said to see a friend--and for curiosity. [5]
She hoped it was this; and, at any cost, she must know the truth as to this question, which was not based on mere curiosity. [10]
At this Katharina was forced to support herself against her mother's arm-chair to save herself from sinking on her knees; with tingling cheeks she questioned the leech till he lost all patience and turned away much annoyed at such excessive feminine curiosity. [10]
And the city was a curiosity. [5]
And yet the very plainness of the man's appearance only added to his curiosity. [9]
Marion went up to town to stay with Mrs. Townley, and there had to face a good deal of curiosity. [11]
Secrecy was necessary to his present plans, and he could not compromise himself by over-eager curiosity. [6]
I followed him to his habitat, being very willing to see in what kind of warren he burrowed, and thinking I might pick up something about the boarders who had excited my curiosity. [6]
It brought back to her the real motive of her visit, which had in reality been inspired not only by the sermon of the day before, but by sheer curiosity. [9]

Short sentences using curiosity

But her curiosity was tingling. [9]
He had aroused my curiosity. [9]
Had she no curiosity? [9]
He somehow inspires curiosity. [9]
She stimulated curiosity. [9]
Curiosity is awake. [4]

Sentences containing curiosity two or more times

Now they fixed their attention upon Joan with a strong new interest of another sort; they were full of curiosity to see what she would do--they having a secret and particular reason for this curiosity. [5]
There must be some reason for your seclusion which curiosity has not reached, and into which it is not the province of curiosity to inquire. [6]
He evidently had some curiosity about March, as the first of his kind whom he had encountered; some such curiosity as the country school trustee feels and tries to hide in the presence of the new schoolmaster. [8]

More example sentences with the word curiosity in them

In me, the youth of nineteen, he awakened admiration, interest, and curiosity, and his "You are a poet" sometimes strengthened my courage, sometimes disheartened me. [10]
You must subdue your curiosity for a few days longer, and then it may easily happen that the man whose very aspect makes you feel dirty--the bat, the toad--" "Let that pass now," cried Polykarp. [10]
I should know you for a philosopher, without such persistent silence; and as for myself, I am not altogether bereft of curiosity, in spite of my eighty years. [10]
Now, Evelyn, haven't you any curiosity to see what this world we are talking about is like? [4]
Just a hundred years ago a European rushed in behind the bearers and fed his brutal curiosity with a glimpse of the forbidden mysteries of the place. [5]
Day by day, year by year, new readers are coming forward with curiosity and intellectual wants. [4]
It had been written just after Georg's return the day before, and ran as follows: "Joyously they march along, Lights are flashing through the panes, In the streets a busy throng Curiosity enchains. [10]
Still, curiosity, one would think, might be shed with the hair and the teeth! [10]
It must have worn a different aspect to Ruth, for she entered into its pleasures at first with curiosity, and then with interest and finally with a kind of staid abandon that no one would have deemed possible for her. [5]
And when a woman begins to admit that a man has force, her curiosity usually increases. [9]
She now listened with eager interest, sometimes completing Hermon's acknowledgments by an explanatory or propitiating word, as the leeches subjected him to a rigid examination, but the latter felt that his statements were not to serve curiosity, but an honest desire to aid him. [10]
Prince Andrew gazed with anxious curiosity at that impassive face and wished he could tell what, if anything, this man was thinking and feeling at that moment. [2]
I leaned forward with a sharp curiosity to see this great friend of America. [9]
I was filled with a painful curiosity to know what had become of her, which I repressed. [9]
He regarded them with a detached curiosity as they entered, reading them with a new insight. [9]
And passing people who looked after him with curiosity, he entered the porch of the Emperor's house. [2]
The few ladies who called during the day out of kindness or curiosity, or both, only added to her torture. [9]
And these movements, which ordinarily might have aroused her curiosity, if not her alarm, she watched with a profound indifference. [9]
Again he wondered whether it were curiosity or--interest. [9]
She was glad when they came to live at the Bridge House, and shamed too: glad because they could live apart from the other villagers; shamed because it exposed her to the curiosity of those who visited the House, thinking it was still a tavern. [11]
In an age when nastiness was written as well as spoken, and when most travelers felt called upon to satisfy a curiosity for prurient observations, Smith preserved a tone quite remarkable for general purity. [4]
Margaret and Carmen were made acquainted, and were drawn together by curiosity, and perhaps by a secret feeling of repulsion. [4]
Curiosity, inquiry, expectation, were common to them all, but with each was a different personal feeling. [11]
All of these were come out of curiosity, that they might see for themselves any who had the temerity to bid on a neighbor's household goods. [9]
I believe I went out of sheer curiosity to hear what Hodder would have to say. [9]
And then he went on to ask with some curiosity what that plan might be. [10]
None knows so well as he how to pique the curiosity of the reader--and how to disappoint it. [5]
For the following week curiosity prompted Virginia to take that walk with the Colonel. [9]
In the night we sailed by a most notable curiosity, and one we had been hearing a good deal about for a day or two, and were suffering to see. [5]
The, public astonishment was so great and the public curiosity so intense, that when the justice of the peace opened his court, the place was packed with people and even the windows were full. [5]
One of these was running to cross the path of Count Rostopchin's carriage, and the count himself, his coachman, and his dragoons looked with vague horror and curiosity at these released lunatics and especially at the one running toward them. [2]
But her curiosity was roused, and she went straight to the sack and brought away the paper. [5]
The praetor's curiosity was roused, and he at once proceeded to ply the poor fellow with bewildering cross-questions. [10]
Her curiosity, however, was not to remain wholly ungratified; for when Biberli found that it was time for him to repair to the Town Hall to learn whether his master, Heinz Schorlin, needed his services, Katterle came out of the house door with him. [10]
Naturally enough, there was intense curiosity about this young man. [6]
An insatiable curiosity was his strongest point, save one. [11]
The new Secretary was alive with curiosity, and as sagacious a little body as one might find if in want of a detective. [6]
There was no vulgarity in their curiosity, though most of them had never seen her before. [11]
Behind Lady Haldwell's visit curiosity chiefly ran. [11]
Besides the plunderers, very various people, some drawn by curiosity, some by official duties, some by self-interest--house owners, clergy, officials of all kinds, tradesmen, artisans, and peasants--streamed into Moscow as blood flows to the heart. [2]
So they will, very probably; but my curiosity is excited about this little boarder of ours, and my reader must not be disappointed, if I sometimes interrupt a discussion to give an account of whatever fact or traits I may discover about him. [6]
It was all very mysterious to me, and I lay awake many a night with curiosity, trying to solve a puzzle that was none of my business. [9]
The landlady was very much astonished to learn that they had come all the way from London, and appeared to have no little curiosity touching their farther destination. [12]
In that moment Venters had a strange, unintelligible curiosity to see Oldring alive. [13]
Moreover, everybody knew vaguely of Natasha's engagement to Prince Andrew, and knew that the Rostovs had lived in the country ever since, and all looked with curiosity at a fiancee who was making one of the best matches in Russia. [2]
He seemed, as usual, distrait, betraying no curiosity as to the object of my call, his lean, brown fingers playing with the newspapers on his lap. [9]
He frequently blew upon the burning spot in his flesh, over which a bit of cloth was wrapped, but curiosity concerning the result of this entertaining brawl was stronger than the wish to have it bandaged and healed. [10]
They kept this up until my curiosity was on the rack to hear the story. [5]
The young Frau Ueberhell awaited with even greater curiosity than her husband, the disclosure of the contents of the sealed package which Herr Winckler had in charge for his ward. [10]
But he makes trouble for the servants, for he is full of curiosity and likes to take everything out of the drawers and examine it minutely; and he puts nothing back. [5]
Those who had traveled and seen the ostentation of cities smiled a superior smile at the curiosity and wonder exhibited, but even those who had never seen the like were cautious about letting their surprise appear. [4]
Sonya was there too, tormented by curiosity as to what Prince Andrew and Natasha were talking about. [2]
The reader of to-day who has the curiosity to inquire into the correctness of this opinion will, if he is familiar with the romances of the eighteenth century, find little originality in Brown's stories, and nothing distinctively American. [4]
We often move to the objects of supreme curiosity or desire, not in the lines of castle or bishop on the chess-board, but with the knight's zigzag, at first in the wrong direction, making believe to ourselves we are not after the thing coveted. [6]
It is needless to say with what eager curiosity he entered its gates and wandered through its streets, and gazed upon its Oriental monuments. [4]
And in order to satisfy reasonable human curiosity, the proprietors of the flume have been obliged to select a bowlder and label it as the one that was formerly the shrine of pilgrimage. [4]
People were content to relax their exertions to satisfy their curiosity, and simply to sit down and greatly admire. [14]
Bias also sought to know much more about Hermon's past and future than he had yet learned, not merely from curiosity, but because he foresaw that Myrtilus would not cease to question him about his blind friend. [10]
And curiosity beginning to get the better of her, she was emboldened to pay a compliment to the fence. [9]
It is hard to draw the line between scientific curiosity and the desire for the patient's sake to learn all the details of his condition. [6]
And it is to be kept as a curiosity. [9]
A movement of timid curiosity impelled her, when she approached the spot, to glance towards the fire. [12]
From time to time Spanish soldiers met and accosted them; but Hans skilfully satisfied their curiosity and dispelled their suspicions. [10]
He spent the time in looking through old family papers, fishing out ancient documents, partly out of curiosity, partly from an unaccountable presentiment. [11]
Is it not time for reflection when we find ourselves willing to see in such a being matter for frivolous curiosity instead of regret and grave reflection? [5]
One of the, three nonagenarians before referred to expressed himself as having a great curiosity about the new sphere of existence to which he was looking forward. [6]
But when, after three days, he was still there, Nicolle Terasse, who had little to do, and an insatiable curiosity, went out to see him. [11]
But he thought this false thought because he did not know the immortal strength of human curiosity. [5]
He knew that they contained important news for him; but he loved to do violence to his curiosity, to test his resolution, and like an epicure to reserve the best dish till the last. [10]
Mr. Bernard kept these strange creatures, and watched all their habits with a natural curiosity. [6]
He had seen them, but appeared quite incapable of interest or curiosity. [12]
Why she was the wife of Alexander the Great, and is long since dead, but I care only for the living, and when I left the merry tumult in the streets it was simply and solely--" "You excite my curiosity. [10]
But I bought the volume out of curiosity, wondering the while whether he could have written it. [9]
They rode through the village of Rykonty, past tethered French hussar horses, past sentinels and men who saluted their colonel and stared with curiosity at a Russian uniform, and came out at the other end of the village. [2]
Several tourists upon the verandah of the hotel remarked us with curiosity as we entered. [11]
The reference to the unfortunate Mr. Blodgett, after taking his breath away, aroused in him an intense curiosity betraying, as it did, a certain knowledge of past events in his life in the hitherto unknown daughter of Augustus interest could she have in him? [9]
Louisville was deserted, the tavern porch vacant; but tacked on the logs beside the door was a printed bill which drew my curiosity. [9]
While waiting in the studio Ledscha had used the time to satisfy her curiosity. [10]
The view of the strange city with its peculiar architecture, such as he had never seen before, filled Napoleon with the rather envious and uneasy curiosity men feel when they see an alien form of life that has no knowledge of them. [2]
Now, he felt, the spell was broken; curiosity and eagerness took the place of reverence for death. [10]
The bustle on the quay was less conspicuous than usual, for all who were free to follow their curiosity had gone into the city. [10]
The soldiers forming the picket line, like showmen exhibiting a curiosity, no longer looked at the French but paid attention to the sight-seers and grew weary waiting to be relieved. [2]
The grounds about the palace were fine; the palace was a curiosity. [5]
As soon as the important faculties of the imagination, wonder, and curiosity, together with some power of reasoning, had become partially developed, man would naturally crave to understand what was passing around him, and would have vaguely speculated on his own existence. [1]
How all regarded the happy dancer, how many envied him the high favor; how increased curiosity, who the masked knight could be. [5]
Try it by the Greek and by the English alphabet; it is a curiosity. [6]
His glance found the faces of the Cure, the avocat, and the auctioneer; and his eyes steadied to Medallion's humorous look, to the Cure's puzzled questioning, to the avocat's bird-like curiosity. [11]
And again all the faces in that crowd bore an identical expression, though now it was certainly not an expression of curiosity or gratitude, but of angry resolve. [2]
The monument to the doge Giovanni Pesaro, in this church, is a curiosity in the way of mortuary adornment. [5]
Down the declivity the docile little donkey wandered, cropping herbage and singing as he went; and when at last he saw the dead horse and the wounded king, he came and snuffed at them with simple and marveling curiosity. [5]
He thought of the delightful years during which his face had grown so round, and every day fresh pleasures and spectacles, such as the world would never again witness, had satiated eye and ear, palate and nostril,--nay, even curiosity. [10]
Prince Andrew watched the commander in chief's face attentively, and the only expression he could see there was one of boredom, curiosity as to the meaning of the feminine whispering behind the door, and a desire to observe propriety. [2]
The driver said that was to avoid a sink-hole in the old road,--a great curiosity, which it was worth while to examine. [4]
We have seen that the senses and intuitions, the various emotions and faculties, such as love, memory, attention, curiosity, imitation, reason, etc., of which man boasts, may be found in an incipient, or even sometimes in a well-developed condition, in the lower animals. [1]
It so happens that his room is next to mine, and I have the opportunity of observing many of his ways without any active movements of curiosity. [6]
It was nausea that had seized upon Dicky at last, nausea and one other thing--the spirit of adventure, an inveterate curiosity. [11]
He had arrived that day with two companions--an excursion of curiosity as an excuse for a "spree. [11]
It is more than likely that he never had the same curiosity again. [5]
He was equally surprised at the discovery that he had misjudged Mr. Engel, and was drawn towards him now with a strong sympathy and curiosity. [9]
That alone was sufficient to make him tingle with curiosity. [13]

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