unworldly
Example Sentences
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It’s impressive enough as it stands, but when the skirt opens to reveal a team of dancers inside of it as Gaga transitions from “Bloody Mary” to “Abracadabra,” it seems almost unworldly.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025
You see in her depiction the woman described in Charlotte’s words; this Emily is indeed unworldly, uncomfortable around strangers, struggling to comply with what society expects of her.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2023
The King is presented as old fashioned and rather unworldly.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023
After so many years without large-scale urban protests in China, and then the isolation of the Covid years, the experience — or even watching it online from a distance — was almost unworldly for some.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022
Other friends told the Marches that they had lost all chance of being remembered in the rich old lady’s will, but the unworldly Marches only said...
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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