Clearly, one has to look for reasons for this curious state of affairs.

And yet an enormous number of people find themselves in a curious state of transition.

Now Starling found herself in a curious state in which she could not be surprised.

It was, Cameron thought, a most curious state of affairs.

It is certainly a curious state of things altogether.

She had started up in bed, in that curious middle state suspended between living one life and another.

I may be in some curious state of being.

One or two reasons are given for this curious state of things.

"This is a curious state of affairs," he said.

It was a curious state, and beyond the comprehension of her dog.