Exotic

//ɪɡˈzɒtɪk//

"Exotic" in a Sentence (17 examples)

Her exotic perfume has a subtle scent.

In woodworking, we classify wood as hardwood, softwood or exotic wood.

A bass drum, a snare drum, and cymbals were once all a composer needed to make a work sound exotic.

His uncle worked as a pipe fitter for 36 years, exposing him to lead, exotic gases, and other interesting chemicals.

The girl has an exotic image of the boy.

You can sit by the exotic plants in front of the lake, away from the noise.

He was obsessed with the idea of travelling to exotic locations.

Tom left his wife for an exotic dancer that he met in a strip club.

Hanako impressed the guests no less by her exotic beauty and elegance than by her erudition and refined conversation.

In this troubled world, it is safer to stay at home, read about exotic places and dream.

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an exotic appearance

Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.

“Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”

Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

exotic materials

There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.

Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

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