How to Use uncanny in a Sentence
uncanny
adjective
- She has an uncanny sense of direction.
- She had an uncanny resemblance to someone I had seen before.
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The youngest among them seemed to have the uncanny ability to float above the stress and anguish of the place.
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Leila Atassi,
cleveland,
20 Sep. 2019
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But Nemo isn’t creepy, Pikachu doesn’t give you the willies, and Big Bird is nowhere near the precipice of the uncanny valley.
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Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
25 Jan. 2024
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And there was this uncanny strangeness through the whole film.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2023
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The Crown, who embodied the princess with an uncanny grace.
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Zoe Guy,
Marie Claire,
27 Jan. 2021
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Add a mustache to your Elf on the Shelf and the resemblance to Queen's lead singer is uncanny.
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Elizabeth Berry,
Woman's Day,
28 Oct. 2022
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The folding chair has the uncanny ability to render the crowd in any room a group of equals.
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Tyler Watamanuk,
Curbed,
3 May 2018
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Stu doesn’t know how to express his need for love, yet his grudge against the world is uncanny.
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Armond White,
National Review,
20 Apr. 2022
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In fact, some of the parallels between the bomb and our new AI brains are uncanny.
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Kc Cole,
WIRED,
14 July 2023
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Has an uncanny sense of where all his teammates are on the ice and how to get them the puck in dangerous spots.
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Kyle Woodlief,
USA TODAY,
28 June 2023
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Both of them wrote novels with uncanny, weird stuff in them.
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Dawn Davis,
Bon Appétit,
19 Mar. 2022
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That being said, some of her hunches about his moves around the state are uncanny.
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Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanities,
26 Apr. 2018
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Florals aren’t just for spring, but the season has the uncanny ability to draw us to them.
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Christianna Silva,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Mar. 2024
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But James is nothing if not resilient, and his instincts, on and off the court, tend to be uncanny.
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Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2023
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He is well known for his free spirit and uncanny sense of humor.
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Sun-Sentinel.com,
8 May 2018
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There is no uncanny valley, just a bored-looking avatar who’s about to fire you.
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John Brandon,
Wired,
15 Jan. 2020
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Grande has been known to do an uncanny impression of the Burlesque icon.
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Glenn Garner,
PEOPLE.com,
18 July 2021
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Anyone who was here in the spring of 2020 will remember the empty streets, the uncanny New York of lockdown.
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Curbed,
7 Aug. 2023
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Still, phrased the right way, the thought has an insistent, uncanny magnetism.
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Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2020
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The lyrics, too, convey an uncanny perspective on the world.
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Pitchfork,
6 Dec. 2023
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This gave his Black figure an uncanny depth and richness of tone.
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The New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2021
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But the work is really all about the sky and its uncanny connection with the earth below.
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Washington Post,
29 June 2022
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While he is not Dua in disguise or vice versa, the result of the video is pretty uncanny.
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Kara Nesvig,
Teen Vogue,
12 Feb. 2020
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The accuracy is uncanny, from the delivery to the beauty details — the makeup, the hair, and even the nails.
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Marci Robin,
Allure,
31 Oct. 2023
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Dan Taberski’s latest project kicks off with a dash of the uncanny.
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2021
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The show’s license to be uncanny is endorsed by the headlines, argues its star.
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Steve Dollar,
latimes.com,
25 May 2017
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An uncanny number of motors seem to choose that spot to stop working.
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BostonGlobe.com,
15 July 2021
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The pair even reenacted Ice Cube's famous mean mug while on Conan back in 2015 and the resemblance was just too uncanny.
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Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
23 Oct. 2024
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Though the film may not be officially inspired by Swift and Kelce, the story similarity is uncanny.
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Lexy Perez,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Oct. 2024
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