unnaturalness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The ‘Bones and All’ director is more attracted to the idea of the impossibility of one’s nature than the blood and unnaturalness of his characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2022

There’s also the xenomorph from Alien, whose monstrosity psychoanalyst Harvey Greenberg located in her unnaturalness: “It is a Linnean nightmare, defying every natural law of evolution; by turns bivalve, crustacean, reptilian, and humanoid.”

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2022

It's encouraging that some courts have "admitted the unnaturalness of this immunity", she says.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2021

This unnaturalness was very depressing; it seemed to come from a creature far away from us and horribly alone.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019

The damnable metal frightened him in its unnaturalness, and he felt already the ignominy of defeat.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor