uncanny

Example Sentences

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Murmurations of birds swirl above rugged plains, landscapes shift into geometric compositions, and uncanny juxtapositions—a shirt dangling from a tree as a lone bird swoops by—lend seemingly simple pictures eerie characteristics.

From The Wall Street Journal

The uncanny similarities between the scenario in the report and the robbery have raised questions about whether the thieves somehow obtained it to plot their heist.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mysterious, wise, uncanny — it was an animatronic robot cowboy named Dale.

From Los Angeles Times

Birthdays have an uncanny ability to turn us into the worst versions of ourselves.

From MarketWatch

Walk around it, and the shifting, light-reflective and -absorbent white forms create an uncanny illusion of the pillar in jumpy, unstable motion.

From Los Angeles Times