Example Sentences

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Creepiness and harassment are widespread problems for the young female creators of the A.S.M.R. world.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2019

Creepiness is the nightmare version of seduction: it can crop up in an instant, in a gesture or an ill-starred turn of phrase, and yet it takes much longer to expunge from the imagination.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 9, 2015

Creepiness can be a powerful feeling, an overwhelming sense of uneasiness.

From Slate • Aug. 22, 2012

Real-Life Creepiness: Just Following Orders Confining extremes of human behavior to a single, drab room, “Compliance,” the squirmy sophomore feature from the writer and director Craig Zobel, is a slow-motion punch to the groin.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2012

Sleep-Over Creepiness: Those parents who wrote in about not letting their daughter sleepover because the dad "gives them the willies" are absolutely right.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2011