UNCANNY in a Sentence
Learn UNCANNY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
16 example sentences for UNCANNY, such as:
1. She seemed uncanny and fateful.
2. there was something uncanny about him.
3. Yes, it's rather an uncanny place altogether.
4. There was something wild and uncanny about the place.
5. There was something uncanny and underground about it all.
2. there was something uncanny about him.
3. Yes, it's rather an uncanny place altogether.
4. There was something wild and uncanny about the place.
5. There was something uncanny and underground about it all.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of UNCANNY
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uncanny
a. strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
Classic Sentence:
1 This was all so strange and uncanny that a dreadful fear came upon me, and I was afraid to speak or move.
2 It seemed a little uncanny to me, and I listened to her breathlessly.
3 There was something wild and uncanny about the place.
4 there was something uncanny about him.
5 She seemed uncanny and fateful.
6 She looked up, and was more startled still to see Clifford watching her with pale, uncanny eyes, like hate.
7 There was something uncanny and underground about it all.
8 When he was out among men, seeking his own ends, and 'making good' his colliery workings, he had an almost uncanny shrewdness, hardness, and a straight sharp punch.
9 Yes, it's rather an uncanny place altogether.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
10 The people about me are like some uncanny, half-human beings.
11 In these chutes the stream of animals was continuous; it was quite uncanny to watch them, pressing on to their fate, all unsuspicious a very river of death.
12 He had never caught even a glimpse of the boy and had heard a dozen exaggerated stories about his uncanny looks and ways and his insane tempers.
13 "Yes, there is something uncanny, devilish and fascinating in her," Kitty said to herself.
14 It was cold and uncanny in the rapid current in the middle of the stream, and the uhlans caught hold of one another as they fell off their horses.
Example Sentence:
1 Every night we hear the great owls hoot and laugh in uncanny fashion.
2 Clinton had an uncanny ability to sense the pulse of the nation.