eerily

Example Sentences

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It looks eerily similar to the same type of candle from Oct.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

In 2024, Scarlett Johansson said she was left "shocked" and "angered" after OpenAI launched a chatbot with an "eerily similar" voice to her own.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

When Skarsgård took the stage to accept his award — to the tune of Usher’s “Yeah!,” for some reason — that scene from “Sentimental Value” was almost eerily prescient.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

Particularly with the advent of large-language models like ChatGPT, which can sometimes dissolve human agency through their eerily sympathetic and persuasive voices, it feels both eerily prescient and unsettlingly pertinent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

I kept expecting someone I knew to come around the corner: Mama Mwanza, Nelson, Tata Boanda in his red trousers, or most eerily, my father.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver