It was, Nick thought, like watching the flow of history stirred into a weird mixture.

In a short time the two parties were able to understand each other after a fashion, by using a weird mixture of both languages.

There was a weird mixture of strength and helplessness in him.

And it was indeed a weird mixture.

Miles felt faint with a weird mixture of relief and horror.

It was a fairly weird mixture of traditional references and contemporary anecdotes.

She felt a weird mixture of relief and increased anxiety.

He was weirdest mixture of unsophisticated baby and wise old man.

He gibbered at us in a weird mixture of English and Indonesian.

Colchester today is a weird mixture of ancient and modern, which neatly sums up its role in British history.