unfamiliarly

Example Sentences

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One sight was so unfamiliarly uncomfortable it was hard to process — Seattle’s uber-durable quarterback Russell Wilson standing on the sideline with an injured middle finger on his right hand, unable to play.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2021

Jon stared up at the sun, still so unfamiliarly warm here in King’s Landing.

From Slate • May 15, 2019

People noticed it by canals or in backyards or under streetlights at night — familiar places that had become unfamiliarly empty.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2018

Yet all hot streaks must come to an end, and Payne’s first film in five years, Downsizing, has landed him in unfamiliarly tepid territory.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2017

“What did one wall say to the other wall?” he asked, not unfamiliarly.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger