Particular

//pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə//

"Particular" in a Sentence (31 examples)

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I have nothing particular to say.

Do you have anything to say in particular?

I have no particular reason to do so.

Laura is very particular about her clothes.

I want to emphasize this point in particular.

Boeing's safety experts have joined others in the industry to form an international task force to try to eliminate one particular kind of air crash known as controlled flight into terrain, CFIT.

Why did you choose that particular subject?

He was absent on the particular day.

I left my wallet at home on that particular day.

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I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.

We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.

I could a tale unfold whose lightest word / Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, / Thy knotted and combined locks to part / And each particular hair to stand on end

I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.

wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth

or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere.

My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.

I didn't have any particular interest in the book.

He brought no particular news.

She was the particular belle of the party.

He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.

These women are more particular about their appearance.

There is a scraper as well as a mat, and Mrs. Challenger is most particular.

a full and particular account of an accident

a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder

a particular tenant

a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".

I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country.

Since philosophy could never find any way for tranquillity that might be generally good, let every man in his particular seeke for it.

temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public[…]or such as concern our particular

When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.

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