not of this world

Example Sentences

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For Chiellini, the answer is not of this world.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2023

"All my adult life I have had an affinity with all things UFO, not of this world," Peebles said.

From BBC • May 12, 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

Several visitors at the prayer service proffered these results as proof the oil is not of this world.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2020

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