creepy
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Some backdrops were creepy set dressing, while others had tactile brutality — Sphere often had the rumble-seat effect blaring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
It's spider season - have you seen more creepy crawlies around?
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Noonan quoted a friend as saying, “I think it’s creepy, in a Nazi-resonating way, any time this sort of home-and-hearth language is used by people who are essentially police.”
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Nhamo didn’t want to be rude, but she thought it was creepy to have a dead man on the wall of your bedroom.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Every year, Halloween gets bigger, earlier and creepier.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
Keith’s Christopher, creepier and a bit clumsier, made me want to call campus security from the theater lobby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
"It's creepy trying to fall asleep with a ventriloquist dummy in your room, but it's way creepier when you wake up and it's not there anymore."
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2023
Why do creepy books feel even creepier in audio?
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 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
“It was the creepiest thing I’ve ever done, and I was so disgusted with myself, I never did it again.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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