Definition: 1. Having a strong desire to know about something. 2. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. 3. Eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns). 4. Having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more.
Use 'curious' in a sentence:
1. By a curious twist of fate we met again only a week or so later.
2. Everyone was curious as to why Mark was leaving.
3. He has a curious habit of scratching his ear while he speaks.
4. Don't be too curious about things you are not supposed to know.
5. My eye fell on a curious object.
6. Reading literary fiction, he says, makes us more curious.
7. "Why do you want to know that?" he demanded.—"Just curious, that's all."
8. Why aren't you curious about what happened?
9. Oh, I've had such a curious dream!
10. His clothes were curiously old-fashioned.
11. Though Lloyd George's behaviour seemed curious, Haig still did not smell a rat.
12. Curious sightseers rolled up in their hundreds.
13. I'm curious to know what he said.
14. Children are naturally curious.
15. Her secretive manner had made me curious.
16. There is a curious thing about her writings in this period.
17. People gathered round, curious to know what is happening.
18. Curious that she should cry.
19. His eyes fell on a curious object.
20. The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern.
21. It was curious that she didn't tell anyone.
22. It is mighty curious, Huck.
23. The interior was shielded from the curious gaze of passersby.
24. People were curious about the flying machine.
25. Be curious, experiment, take risks, he said to the students.
26. Her eyes had a sharp, curious look.
27. They were so extremely curious.
28. We felt curious ( as to ) how she received the shocking news.
29. Curious pedestrians were ordered to move along.
30. Curiously enough, a year later exactly the same thing happened again.
31. A curious spectacle was witnessed.
32. I like curious students.
33. Babies are curious about everything around them.
34. It's the most curious thing I ever saw in my life!
35. Curious tourists and reporters from around the globe are descending upon the peaceful villages.
36. They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs.
37. "What a curious feeling," she said.
38. What a novel thing you are so curious about?
39. I am curious about what keeps him abroad.
40. Children are curious.
41. Isn't the mainstream media the least bit curious about what happened?
42. They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building.
43. "It's all about as curious as it can be," said the Gryphon.
44. "I'm not meddling," Ken said mildly, "I'm just curious."
45. It was a curious feeling, as though we were floating on air.
46. He collected a quantity of curious information.
47. In Britain, this has had a curious result.
48. New studies show a curious link between snoring and high blood pressure.
49. Dickon's curious blue eyes grew rounder and rounder.
50. "What a curious child you are," said Clara.
51. There was a curious silence.
52. He was curious as to what else John would reveal.
53. Political leaders, like leader of other organizations, should be curious.
54. I was curious to find out what she had said.
55. I was intensely curious to know more about him.
56. ' Why do you want to know that? 'he demanded. —'Just curious, that's all.'
57. He remains curious about why she neglects him.
58. It is a curious paradox that professional comedians often have unhappy personal lives.
59. ‘Are you really an artist? ’ Sara asked curiously.
60. He puts forward so many curious questions.
61. She came to him somewhat excited and curious and flustered.
62. Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from.
63. What a curious mistake!
64. There were curious pieces of furniture and curious ornaments in nearly all of them.
65. He is such a curious boy, always asking questions.
66. The naval high command's response to these developments is rather curious.
67. Jones himself was a curious mixture of radicalism and conservatism.
68. Both of them looked at him with that curious, slightly amused and even arch expression.
69. There was a curious mixture of people in the audience.
70. By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport.
