There are certain aspects of Hilary Tamar, certain eccentricities, that are pure Sarah, although not Sarah's pipe-smoking.

Our distinguished guest has, I admit, certain eccentricities, and ... " " But who is he?

His father, fortunately, had certain eccentricities.

"Noche de Jaranas" is a seemingly innocuous dance interlude, although certain internal eccentricities recall Mahler's maltreatment of Landler dances in his symphonies.

He was a tall, hawk-like figure, noted for certain eccentricities.

There was always a certain eccentricity to them, determined in large part by the surrounding city; an odd street pattern could make for a short right field, simply because the land ran out on that side.

Only his shoes, with their mid-19th century vamp, betray a certain eccentricity.

And a brogue, an accent that could not be placed, a certain eccentricity of intonation.

You had to be there to to explain certain eccentricities in the animate continuum, but we could never see you or sense you before.

So, likely these were insignificant creatures of a certain eccentricity.