uncanny
Example Sentences
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But it is not so much its size that amazes, but its uncanny shape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
But Mr. Holloway and Mr. Barrett are expert at twisting the mundane into the uncanny, and rely only minimally on the kind of jump-scares that cheapen many a horror movie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Yet Cusk has found a large fan base for her work, mainly because she is a deft excavator of the human psyche, a writer who can articulate emotional states with uncanny precision and insight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
As well as being uncanny, for Panettiere it was traumatic to act out things so similar to her real life.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
How could they best appropriate the uncanny ability we kept to dream?
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Vocabulary lists containing uncanny
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