How to Use eerily in a Sentence

eerily

adverb
Definition of eerilynext
  • On the right, the back of Suzanne’s head pokes eerily out of nowhere.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In the hours after the battle, the village was eerily silent.
    — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022
  • As he was wheeled off, Tres refused to give a thumbs-up to the crowd, which had gone eerily silent.
    — Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • In the area around the Fukushima plant the impact of the disaster is eerily clear.
    — Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The Salmon, widening, seemed almost devoid of fish, and the sky was eerily free of birds.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The dirty streets, the petty crime, the eerily silent transit stations.
    — Heather Knight, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Things felt eerily similar to the first few days of the Covid lockdown.
    — Mira Ptacin, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Then, what should have been the busiest part of the season was instead eerily quiet.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Your voice in these shows is almost eerily unchanged from the records.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • And even though Tokyo is the most populated city in the world, the streets can be almost eerily silent.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2021
  • The highways, once backed up with traffic, were now eerily silent.
    — Bonnie Marcus, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The ship’s wheel was eerily spinning on its own, and everything was left in place.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • Mel has been on the ground and sent this dispatch Monday from an eerily quiet Paris.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 July 2024
  • Brooks said the crowd grew eerily quiet when Woods collapsed.
    — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Vincent eerily likened the hip-drop tackle to the horse-collar technique that was banned in 2005.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
  • To critics and skeptics of their work, their ascent to fame seems eerily sudden and too good to be true.
    — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • But in a 6-5 walk-off loss to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night, the team’s recent on-field scuffles seemed eerily unchanged.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
  • One day, all animals vanish and the forest turns eerily quiet, yet for the men-the hunt must go on.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
  • An eerily similar story played out in Paradise when the Camp Fire reached the town.
    — Eric Zerkel, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
  • This danger is eerily reflected in the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • New York was eerily orange on Wednesday as smoke shrouded the city.
    — Amelia Holowaty Krales, The Verge, 7 June 2023
  • The store was calm, organized, well stocked, and eerily normal.
    — Dylan Tupper Rupert, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The clouds broke and the sun peeked through for the first time in two days, revealing an eerily calm sky as floodwaters roared beneath.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Tents, tarps and metallic blankets crinkled in the wind, the life that recently filled the space eerily absent.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2023
  • For hours afterward, the yacht crew kept eerily quiet and beamed its brightest lights to better hear and see.
    — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • The San Marino gardens weren’t yet open to the public and the grounds were eerily quiet but for the whooshing of leaves in the wind and the intermittent trilling of wild parrots.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • In light of the album’s timing its title seemed eerily prescient.
    — Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The optional self-opening doors welcome the driver with an eerily silent sweep, then seal you in with a gentle thunk.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The ballpark is eerily quiet, with the home team forgoing the usual walk-up music.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • But as police confront more guns, and respond in kind, the results can seem eerily cyclical.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024

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