creepy feeling

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“I’ve never even gotten a creepy feeling on the back of my neck.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2023

Those representations have surmounted what some call the “uncanny valley” — meaning the fake faces no longer fill viewers with an instinctively creepy feeling because they do not look quite human, West said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2019

Maybe the most haunting thing about “Beetlejuice,” the new musical version of the 1988 Tim Burton movie that is having its world premiere at the National Theatre, is the creepy feeling of inspiration run amok.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2018

“It’s definitely a creepy feeling to know that this person has that type of evil in them.”

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2018

And even if nothing is missing, you get that creepy feeling like somebody’s been looking through your private stuff and dusting everything with lemon furniture polish?

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan