willies

Example Sentences

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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

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

Did they get the willies confronting their younger versions?

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2019

“What about my dad? Does he give you the germ willies too?”

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen