creepy
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It’s the tech that’s powering its creepy glasses, its open-source coding model, and now its bid into the battle of personal agents that will basically turn the experience of scrolling online into a water slide.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
The complaint isn’t merely that the pictures are creepy.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Area manager at Auction House Notts & Derby, Jonathan Way, said he believed it was a "creepy doll" left standing in the corner of a bedroom that had captured people's imaginations.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The film grossed $270 million worldwide on a $38 million budget, and Amy Madigan won an Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance as the equal-parts creepy and captivating witch Gladys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
You know you’re creepy as hell for swiping his address label, right?
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
He’s creepier in person than he is on television or the Internet.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2024
Every year, Halloween gets bigger, earlier and creepier.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
Here, she’s called the Wood Sprite and is played by an icy-voiced Tilda Swinton, who also voices the Wood Sprite’s even creepier sister, Death.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022
This isn’t a true-crime documentary, it’s something far creepier: a low-budget found-footage horror movie that’s so realistic it’s uncanny, like an otherworldly episode of “48 Hours.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
“Me either. This house is creepier than my uncle Willie’s funeral home. Lucrative business, always in demand, but creepy.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Life imitating art in the creepiest way possible.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
Creatures such as white dragon-like birds, glowing blue sponges, bug-eyed sloths, mutant frogs, flying bunnies and the creepiest of crawlies imaginable enrich each frame with impressive detail and lively color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024
Finally available in the 4K disc format, it’s easily one of the creepiest films of all time.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
The creepiest by far is “dead men’s fingers,” Decaisnea fargesii, whose pewter-blue, fingerlike fruits stand out against butter-yellow foliage and reach out to unwary visitors.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
Her glassy eyes stared blankly into space, but I got the creepiest feeling she was being drawn straight toward Rachel.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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