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unearthly

[uhn-urth-lee] / ʌnˈɜrθ li /


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Ms. Pratt’s voice is unearthly and beautiful, and it’s striking to hear her showing up in such a setting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

They did not leave disappointed as the sun shrank to a crescent-like sliver of light that cast an unearthly pale gloom over the city.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

In the adept lithograph “Angels and Airplanes,” Russia’s Natalia Goncharova gives her blessing to the erupting conflagration by entwining unearthly militarism and Orthodox religiosity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

The principal harp, Nancy Allen, brought the smooth, slightly unearthly resonance of temple bells to her music.

From New York Times • May 20, 2023

I do not see a girl, or even a woman, but some unearthly being who looks like she might make her home in the volcano that destroyed so many in Haymitch’s Quell.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins