willies
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But upon closer interrogation, the whole thing gave me the willies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Granted, discovering that her superfan collected one of her toenails does give the otherwise unflappable spirit a serious case of the willies.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2021
The neglected coach house that she turns into an art studio is the only comfort she takes in “the Lodge,” the rural Victorian villa that gives her the willies, but that Tom insisted they buy.
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2020
And now we have Major League Baseball, where the piped-in synthetic applause from enthusiastic ghost crowds has given confounded viewers the willies — or at least struck some as “intellectually dishonest.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2020
Can’t joke it away Can’t even talk to each other except maybe in whispers, all hush-hush, and that just revs up the willies.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
