unearthliness

Example Sentences

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Law creates a hybrid of humanity and unearthliness that recalls David Bowie as Thomas Newton.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2016

The description of the statue’s unearthliness, its dignity and severity, its almost disturbingly powerful aura, is exquisite in a novel that otherwise seems to shun beauty or not to know it at all.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2015

Her unearthliness serves Swinton particularly well in this role, since the brittle, sardonic Eva is the opposite of an earth mother.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2011

In the 19th century, it is the unearthliness of volcanoes that mesmerises artists.

From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2010

A singular unearthliness pervaded the whole man, and his spare form appeared to be the suitable apparel for a pure and exalted spirit.

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston