not of this world
Example Sentences
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Cal is a tough guy but also not of this world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
"What concerns me is that there is no oversight from our elected officials on anything associated with our government possessing or working on craft that we believe are not of this world," Fravor said.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2023
What better place for a man whose stories are not of this world than the committee whose jurisdiction is in outer space?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
He does have a heart, even if his years as a winning machine suggested at times that he was not of this world.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2022
Even before she was born, Ni'vea had known she was not of this world, because she had already seen her in dreams.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
